Mini Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest): Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation in Russia
- Authors: Yusupova D.G.1, Salina E.A.2, Zaitsev A.B.3, Zimin A.A.1, Moskvina A.O.4, Kolokolov O.V.2, Polekhina N.V.1, Fedonnikov A.S.2, Suponeva N.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Research Center of Neurology
- V.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
- I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University
- Issue: Vol 18, No 4 (2024)
- Pages: 38-43
- Section: Original articles
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2075-5473/article/view/282502
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/ACEN.1141
- ID: 282502
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Abstract
Introduction. In clinical practice, a comprehensive assessment of the systems responsible for balance is important both for correct diagnosis and the right choice of therapy. To provide accurate assessment of all the systems involved in balance control, in 2009, F.B. Horak et al. from the Oregon Health and Sciences University developed a universal Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) consisting of 36 tasks. Subsequently, the authors improved this method by selecting 14 tasks that evenly belonged to four of the six sections of the original BESTest, which collectively constituted the Mini-BESTest. The Mini-BESTest is a unique brief assessment tool that is actively used worldwide for the diagnostics and dynamic evaluation of balance in various nervous system disorders. However, the absence of a validated Russian version makes it challenging to use this test in Russia.
The objective of the study is to develop an official Russian version (cultural and linguistic adaptation) of the Mini-BESTest to consider the target language and culture (1st stage of the linguistic validation study).
Materials and methods. The author of the test, F.B. Horak, granted her consent for the linguistic validation of Mini-BESTest in Russia. Forward and backward translations of the test and its materials, pilot testing (cognitive debriefing), and development of the Russian version were carried out with the participation of a linguistic philologist and neurologists specializing in working with patients with balance disorders in various neurological diseases.
Results. Based on the results of the expert committee meeting, a cultural and linguistic adaptation of the test was carried out and the final Russian version presented in this article was approved.
Conclusion. The first developed Russian version of Mini-BESTest is officially presented and recommended for use both in clinical and research practice in Russia and other Russian-speaking countries. The psychometric properties (reproducibility, inter-rater reliability, and sensitivity of the test) of the Russian version are currently being assessed.
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Dzhamilya G. Yusupova
Research Center of Neurology
Author for correspondence.
Email: dzhamilya-d@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5826-9112
Cand. Sci. (Med.), researcher, Head, Validation group for international scales and questionnaires, Institute of Neurorehabilitation and Restorative Technologies
Russian Federation, MoscowEkaterina A. Salina
V.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University
Email: dzhamilya-d@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8945-2120
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Department of neurology named after K.N. Tretyakov
Russian Federation, SaratovAleksandr B. Zaitsev
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Email: dzhamilya-d@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3774-3070
Cand. Sci. (Philology), Associate Professor, Institute of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication
Russian Federation, MoscowAleksey A. Zimin
Research Center of Neurology
Email: dzhamilya-d@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9226-2870
Cand. Sci. (Med.), researcher, Group for validation of international scales and questionnaires, Institute of Neurorehabilitation and Restorative Technologies
Russian Federation, MoscowAleksandra O. Moskvina
I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University
Email: dzhamilya-d@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2318-9788
resident in neurology, Department of neurology named after S.N. Davydenkov
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgOleg V. Kolokolov
V.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University
Email: dzhamilya-d@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6672-6873
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Head, Department of Neurology named after K.N. Tretyakov
Russian Federation, SaratovNatalia V. Polekhina
Research Center of Neurology
Email: dzhamilya-d@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4364-5947
neurologist
Russian Federation, MoscowAleksandr S. Fedonnikov
V.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University
Email: dzhamilya-d@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0344-4419
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Vice-rector for research
Russian Federation, SaratovNatalia A. Suponeva
Research Center of Neurology
Email: dzhamilya-d@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3956-6362
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Prof., Corresponding Member of RAS, Director, Institute of Neurorehabilitation and Restorative Technologies
Russian Federation, MoscowReferences
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