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Acronym
KCCPM-55

Description
used for assessing the level of knowledge about cervical cancer and prevention methods among women

Area of assessment
Knowledge/attitude.

Condition
Women's health.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Saadi, Ai 2021 20 - 65 Female women Oman
 Free

Acronym
KVI

Description
The Knowledge Validation Inventory (Leahy, Szymanski, & Linkowski, 1993) was developed by a team of researchers in conjunction with the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification to measure the training needs of rehabilitation professionals. Each of the 92 items asks respondents to rate a specific knowledge area (e.g., “diversity and multicultural issues”) on two dimensions: importance to the rehabilitation counseling field and degree of preparedness to work in that area.

Area of assessment
Health service, Knowledge/attitude.

Condition
Rehabilitation, Human resources.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Alfawair A.O. 2015 Both service providers from special schools Kuwait
 764

Acronym
KAP

Description
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices are measured using a specific instrument called a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) questionnaire. Using KAP-modelled instruments, investigators can identify misconceptions in the population concerning a certain topic such as tranquilizer use, determine medically inappropriate attitudes and recognize medically inappropriate practices. KAP questionnaires are therefore the cornerstone to assess the need for prevention programs aimed at improving certain health-related issues including the rational use of tranquilizers and to design and evaluate these programs.

Area of assessment
Knowledge/attitude.

Condition
Medication.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Mallah, Narmeen 2021 Not available Lebanon
 Free

Acronym
KMI

Description
Instrument assesses one of the psychosocial stressor of social isolation; marginality, the distance from the centre of decision making, . The concept of marginality describes the social margins that bring about social isolation as well as the psychological isolation of individuals. It consisted of five items; each scored on a five-point Likert scale and calculated as the sum of the items, except with one reverse scored (Item 4). The overall score range is from 5 to 25. The scale typically takes less than 1 min to complete.

Area of assessment
Mental health, Social.

Condition
Health.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Gonzales, L. 2015 35 - 92 Female Not available Oman
Japan
Ukraine
United States
 282

Acronym
KAOP-A

Description
An instrument used to measure stereotypes of the aged and people's image of older adults.

Area of assessment
Knowledge/attitude.

Condition
Geriatric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Alquwez N 2018 19 - 30 Both students 164

Acronym
AKPS

Description
Is a 13-item screening instrument designed to assess patellofemoral pain in adolescents and young adults, with a variable ordinal response format.

Area of assessment
Pain.

Condition
Orthopedic /rheumatology, Rehabilitation.

Age Group
Other

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Hamdan, M 2019 Both patients Jordan
 127

Acronym
Not available

Description
The Kujala score is a well-established scoring system to assess anterior knee pain. It is composed of 13 multiple choice questions: the presence of a limp, the need for support, the ability to walk, the ability to climb stairs, the ability to squat, the ability to run, the ability to jump, prolonged sitting with knees in the flexed position, the presence of knee pain, the presence of knee swelling, the presence of abnormal painful patellar movement, atrophy of the thigh muscles, and deficiency of knee flexion.

Area of assessment
Function/disability/performance, General health, Pain.

Condition
Orthopedic /rheumatology, Rehabilitation.

Age Group
Not available

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Haddad, Bassem I 2021 Both Not available Jordan
 94

Acronym
KANKQ

Description
A tool developed to assess general nutrition knowledge among adult students in Kuwait which focuses on assessing general nutrition knowledge in Kuwait adult students, the questionnaire has 25 items and was adapted from a 76 item questionnaire ( L.G. Zawila, C.S. Steib, B. Hoogenboom, 2003)

Area of assessment
Knowledge/attitude.

Condition
Community.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Alkaed, D. 2018 Both Students Kuwait
 253

Acronym
KUAS

Description
A 20-item scale that captures cognitive/affective anxiety, subjective anxiety or nervousness and somatic anxiety.

Area of assessment
anxiety, Mental health.

Condition
Psychiatric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Roof, K. A. 2019 19 - 46 Female pregnant women Qatar
 667

Acronym
RAHA

Description
Measure was developed to serve as the primary dependent variable for a post-war national survey of mental health in Kuwait. Contain 4 subscales: Charismatic, Emotional security,Religiousness,happiness.

Area of assessment
Mental health.

Condition
Psychiatric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Ridha, H. 2008 Both undergraduate university students Kuwait
 560

Acronym
QAPACE

Description
An assessment of physical activity in children

Area of assessment
Physical activity.

Condition
Pediatric.

Age Group
Child/adolescent- 0-19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Platat, C 2012 6 - 9 Both One class from each grade (grades 1–4) United Arab Emirates
 79

Acronym
LANSS

Description
A tool used to identify patients in whom neuropathic mechanisms dominate their pain experience. The LANSS consists of five items on self-reported pain symptoms and two items on the findings of a simple clinical examination to assess the presence of allodynia and pin-prick threshold.

Area of assessment
Pain, Symptoms.

Condition
Neurology.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Garoushi, S. 2017 ≥ 18 Both Formal diagnosis of diabetes Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
 110

Acronym
Not available

Description
Index of severity for osteoarthritis of the knee. This can be used to assess the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.Sections for index: It has five questions pertaining to pain or discomfort, 1 question dealing with maximum distance walked, and four questions about activities of daily living.

Area of assessment
Activities of daily living, Function/disability/performance, Pain.

Condition
Orthopedic /rheumatology, Rehabilitation.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Guermazi, M. 2004 46 - 56 Both knee osteoarthritis Tunisia
 103

Acronym
Not available

Description
investigated the level of healthcare providers' and general population's knowledge and types of attitudes towards hydrocephalus in Saudi Arabia

Area of assessment
Knowledge/attitude.

Condition
Neurology.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Yusuf Alshehri 2020 17 - 73 Both healthcare providers and the general population Saudi Arabia
 444 Not available

Acronym
LEQ

Description
The LEQ is an 82-item inventory-type questionnaire in which subjects mark the life events or changes which have occurred during the past year; indicate whether the event was considered “good” or “bad”; and rate the impact of the event on a 4-point scale.

Area of assessment
Mental health.

Condition
Health.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Qandil, A. M. 2012 Female pregnant Jordan
 125 Free

Acronym
LOT

Description
a standard psychological instrument that assesses one’s dispositional level of optimism, providing meaningful insight into possible interventions, such as those to address harmful thought patterns.

Area of assessment
Knowledge/attitude.

Condition
Psychiatric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Y G Bachner 2020 18 - 75 Female Bedouin family caregivers of terminal cancer patients participated in this study Israel
 101 Free

Acronym
LAD

Description
A screening instrument to assess a patient’s ability to read ordinary nutritional and medical terms as well as those terms specific to diabetes

Area of assessment
Health literacy.

Condition
Metabolic /endocrine.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Hasan, S. 2019 DM patients Not available

Acronym
(LOSS)

Description
this scale is composed of 12 true/false items that measure knowledge about suicide in four dimensions: signs and symptoms (three items), causes/nature of suicide (four items), risk factors (two items), and treatment and prevention (two items)Total score is obtained by summing the true responses and converting it to a percentage, yielding a range of scores between 0% to 100%. It is also possible to calculate the score of each of the four dimensions. Since each item has only two responses, item response theory was used instead of classical testing theory to assess the psychometrics of this scale.

Area of assessment
Mental health.

Condition
Psychiatric.

Age Group
Not available

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Aldalaykeh, Mohammed 2020 19.76 ± 1.48. Both Student Jordan
 160

Acronym
EARS

Description
The LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire was developed by Coninx et al. 2003. The questionnaire is part of a battery of tests, Evaluation of Auditory Responses to Speech (EARS) . LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire is specifi- cally developed for children under 2 years of age. The questionnaire is based on the developmental research of auditory behavior milestones which exist in the repertoire of very young children at the preverbal stage

Area of assessment
Hearing.

Condition
Ent, Pediatric.

Age Group
Child/adolescent- 0-19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Geal-Dor, M. 2011 0 - 2
0 - 2 		Both
Both 		normal hearing children
children with cochlear implants 		Palestine
Palestine
 97
42

Acronym
LDSI - 2

Description
A liver disease-specific questionnaire that contains 24 items, which investigate the severity of symptoms among patients with liver disease. Nine items assess the severity of symptoms: itch, joint pain, right upper abdominal pain, sleepiness during the day, worry about family situation, decreased appetite, depression, fear of liver disease complications and jaundice. The other nine items assess how the symptoms influence patients’ daily activities. The last six items measure the severity of memory problems, change in personality, hindrance in financial affairs, daily time management, decreased sexual interest and decreased sexual activity.

Area of assessment
Symptoms.

Condition
Gastroenterology.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Youssef,N.F. 2012 21 - 66 Both liver cirrhosis Egypt
 38


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Articles last updated: December 2020