The Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS) scale: update and compilation of international versions.
The Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS) scale: update and compilation of international versions.
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老化的男性症状（AMS）量表：国际版本的更新和汇编。
DOI：
10.1186/1477-7525-1-15
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发表时间：
2003-05-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Giroudet, Christelle
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Heinemann, Lothar A J;Saad, Farid;Zimmermann, Thomas;Novak, Annoesjka;Myon, Eric;Badia, Xavier;Potthoff, Peter;T'Sjoen, Guy;Pollanen, Pasi;Goncharow, Nikolai P;Kim, Sehyun;Giroudet, Christelle
近年来，人们对老年男性的临床研究兴趣与日俱增，因此对测量健康相关生活质量(HRQOL)和老年男性症状的兴趣也随之增加。老年男性症状量表(AMS)成为世界上许多国家最常用的测量老年男性HRQL和症状的量表。本文件的目的是根据翻译过程的质量审查该文书的现状，特别是关于不同语文版本的比额表。大多数翻译都是按照国际建议进行的，即语言和文化适应人权和生活质量文书。主要使用英语版本作为翻译成荷兰语、西班牙语、葡萄牙语、意大利语、瑞典语和日语的源语言(作为附加的PDF文件附上)。仅从正向翻译派生的初步版本质量次要，有芬兰语、佛兰德语和俄语版本。在国际研究中使用后一种语言之前，建议完成后一种语言的翻译过程。AMS量表正在就现有的两个法语版本达成共识，韩语、泰语和印度尼西亚语的版本在翻译过程中尚未完成。AMS量表显然是评估老年男性健康相关生活质量的有价值的工具，因为它在世界各地都在使用。它是根据心理测量学常模编制的标准化量表。目前可用的大多数语文版本都是按照生活质量量表的语言和文化翻译国际标准翻译的。在翻译过程中，我们为感兴趣的各方提供帮助。
The interest of clinical research in aging males increased in recent years and thereby the interest to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and symptoms of aging men. The Aging Males' Symptoms scale (AMS) became the most commonly used scale to measure HRQoL and symptoms in aging males in many countries worldwide. The aim of this paper is to review the current state of the instrument particularly concerning versions of the scale in different languages in the light of the quality of the translation process. Most of the translations were performed following international methodological recommendations for linguistic & cultural adaptation of HRQoL instruments. Mainly the English version was used as source language for the translation into Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, and Japanese (attached as additional PDF-files). Preliminary versions that were derived only from forward translations are of secondary quality and available in Finnish, Flemish, and Russian. It is recommended to complete the translation process for the latter languages before using them in international studies. The AMS scale is in the process of consensus finding of two existing French versions, and the versions in the Korean, Thai, and Indonesian languages have not yet been completed in the translation process. The AMS scale is obviously a valuable tool for assessing health related quality of life in aging men, because it is used worldwide. It is a standardized scale according to psychometric norms. Most of the currently available language versions were translated following international standards for linguistic and cultural translation of quality of life scales. Assistance is offered to help interested parties in the translation process.