King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ)

• Developed in 1993
• Published in 1997

Kelleher CJ, Cardozo LD, Khullar V, Salvatore S. A new questionnaire to assess the quality of life of urinary incontinent women. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1997 Dec;104(12):1374-9 (PubMed abstract)

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KHQ in English for the UK

• Without list of symptoms
• With list of symptoms

The list of available translations is subject to constant changes and may not be exhaustive. It is provided for information only. Some recently produced translations may not be included in the list below yet. Please do check the status of available translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

Also, the listed translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.

Bibliographic reference of the translations:

Japanese:
Uemura S, Homma Y. Reliability and validity of King's Health Questionnaire in patients with symptoms of overactive bladder with urge incontinence in Japan. Neurourol Urodyn. 2004;23(2):94-100 (PubMed abstract)
Portuguese for Brazil:
Fonseca ESM, Camargo ALM, Castro RA, Sartori MGF, Fonseca MCM,Lima GR, Girão MJBC. Validação do questionário de qualidade de vida (King s Health Questionnaire) em mulheres brasileiras com incontinência urinária [Validation of a quality of life questionnaire (King s Health Questionnaire) in Brazilian women with urinary incontinence]Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2005;27(5):235-42. Portuguese (Full text article)
Tamanini JT, D'Ancona CA, Botega NJ, Rodrigues Netto N Jr. [Validation of the Portuguese version of the King's Health Questionnaire for urinary incontinent women] Rev Saude Publica. 2003 Apr;37(2):203-11 Article in Portuguese (Full text article)
Portuguese for Portugal:
Viana R, Viana S, Neto F, Mascarenhas T. Adaptation and validation of the King's Health Questionnaire in Portuguese women with urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J. 2015 Jul;26(7):1027-33 (PubMed abstract)
Spanish for Spain:
Romero-Cullerés G, Sánchez-Raya J, Conejero-Sugrañes J, González-Viejo MÁ. Validación de la versión española del cuestionario King's Health para la evaluación de la calidad de vida relacionada con la incontinencia urinaria en pacientes con lesión medular [Validation of the Spanish version of the King's Health questionnaire for evaluating quality of life related to urinary incontinence in patients with spinal cord injury]. Med Clin (Barc). 2011 Oct 22;137(11):491-4. Spanish (PubMed abstract)
Thai:
Kochakarn W, Pummangura N, Kijvikai K, Viseshsindh W, Sukying C, Lertsithichai P. Reliability of a Thai version of King's Health Questionnaire in Thai females with overactive bladder symptoms. J Med Assoc Thai. 2005 Nov;88(11):1526-34 (PubMed abstract)
Turkish:
Karapolat H, Akkoç Y, Eyigör S, Tanıgör G. Bladder-related quality of life in people with neurological disorders: reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the King's Health Questionnaire in people with spinal cord injury. Turk J Urol. 2018 Sep;44(5):411-417 (Full text article)
Kaya S, Akbayrak T, Toprak Çelenay Ş, Dolgun A, Ekici G, Beksaç S. Reliability and validity of the Turkish King's Health Questionnaire in women with urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J. 2015 Dec;26(12):1853-9 (PubMed abstract)