Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Patellofemoral Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties among Females of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis (PFJ-OA), being a subset of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), is evident in adults, and its prevalence is greater in women in Saudi Arabia too. To assess its disease dimensions, the 'Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Patellofemoral' questionnaire (KOOS-PF) is frequently used to measure symptoms and function among the people with PFJ-OA. Cross-cultural validation is ongoing in several languages, and it needed to be validated among females in Arabic. Therefore, aiming to translate, cross-culturally adapt and validate its psychometric properties, a cross-sectional study was designed where the Ar-KOOS-PF-F was administered among 105 females. The demographic characteristics of recruited females were 51.62 (8.49) years and 30.12 (3.70) kg/m(2). Cronbach's alpha was used for internal consistency (IC) and the questionnaire was re-administered after 48 h to estimate the test-retest reliability (92 females, 87.61% compliance rate). Concurrent validity was also established with a visual analog scale (VAS). Factorial validity was established by principal component analysis (PCA). The psychometric properties were: excellent internal consistency of Cronbach's alpha (alpha) = 0.930, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for intra-ratter reliability = 0.960 (0.915-0.999), test-retest reliability, ICC = 0.893 (0.889-0.970), standard error of measurement (SEM) = 2.46, relative standard deviation/coefficient of variance (RSD/CV) = 29.9%, minimal detectable change (MDC%) = 22.96% and good concurrent validity with VAS (r = -0.783; p = 0.023). The best-fit four-factor model for confirming overall item communalities ranged from 0.529 to 0.867, which indicates moderate to high communalities, and confirms the homogeneity of Ar-KOOS-PF-F using PCA. The floor (0.9%) and ceiling effects (13.6%) were also within the limits. This scale can be used among females, as it has acceptable psychometric properties of scale validation.