@article{23999,
  keywords = {Amharic version of Disability of the Arm Shoulder and Hand (DASH-am), leprosy, Limitations in activities, Questionnaire validation, SALSA scale},
  author = {Wijk U and Brandsma W and Dahlstrom O and Bjork M},
  title = {The concurrent validity of the Amharic version of Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) in persons affected by leprosy},
  abstract = {<p>Objectives: Leprosy is endemic in many countries and results in activity limitations. There is a need for assessment tools to guide professionals in their evaluation and choice of intervention in order to improve conditions for leprosy-affected people. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the concurrent validity of the Amharic version of Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA-am) scale with Amharic version of Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH-am) questionnaire. Design: Thirty-eight individuals with nerve damage due to leprosy completed the SALSA-am and DASH-am questionnaires. Spearman’s rank correlation was used to determine relationships between SALSA and DASH scores. Specificity, sensitivity and accuracy were calculated. Results: There was a good correlation 0·87 (P , 0·001) between SALSA-am and DASH-am scores. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were calculated with acceptable results. Conclusions: SALSA-am is considered a useful questionnaire for determining activity limitations in persons affected by leprosy, and showed good correlation with DASH-am. The concurrent validity was considered good. Correspondence</p>
},
  year = {2013},
  journal = {Leprosy review},
  volume = {84},
  pages = {13-22},
  url = {https://leprosyreview.org/article/84/1/01-3022},
  language = {eng},
}