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The Aging Males’ Symptoms (AMS) scale: update and compilation of international versions

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Lothar A.J. Heinemann, Farid Saad, Thomas Zimmermann, Annoesjka Novák, Eric Myon, Xavier Costa Badia, Peter Potthoff, Guy G. T'Sjoen, Pasi Pöllänen, Nikolai P Goncharow, Sehyun Kim, Christelle Giroudet·2003·Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

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BACKGROUND: The interest of clinical research in aging males increased in recent years and thereby the interest to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and symptoms of aging men. The Aging Males' Symptoms scale (AMS) became the most commonly used scale to measure HRQoL and symptoms in aging males in many countries worldwide. The aim of this paper is to review the current state of the instrument particularly concerning versions of the scale in different languages in the light of the quality of the translation process. AMS VERSIONS AVAILABLE: Most of the translations were performed following international methodological recommendations for linguistic & cultural adaptation of HRQoL instruments. Mainly the English version was used as source language for the translation into Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, and Japanese (attached as additional PDF-files). Preliminary versions that were derived only from forward translations are of secondary quality and available in Finnish, Flemish, and Russian. It is recommended to complete the translation process for the latter languages before using them in international studies. TRANSLATIONS IN PROCESS: The AMS scale is in the process of consensus finding of two existing French versions, and the versions in the Korean, Thai, and Indonesian languages have not yet been completed in the translation process. CONCLUSION: The AMS scale is obviously a valuable tool for assessing health related quality of life in aging men, because it is used worldwide. It is a standardized scale according to psychometric norms. Most of the currently available language versions were translated following international standards for linguistic and cultural translation of quality of life scales. Assistance is offered to help interested parties in the translation process.

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Authors: Heinemann, L. A. J., Saad, F., Zimmermann, T., Novák, A., Myon, E., Badia, X. C., Potthoff, P., T'Sjoen, G. G., Pöllänen, P., Goncharow, N. P., Kim, S., & Giroudet, C.
Affiliations: Berlin Center for Epidemiology and Health Research (DE)
Organon (Netherlands) (NL)
Pierre Fabre (France) (FR)
Ghent University Hospital (BE)
University of Turku (FI)
Endocrinology Research Center (RU)
CHA University (KR)
Corresponding author: Lothar A.J. Heinemann
ORCID: Farid Saad
Thomas Zimmermann
Xavier Costa Badia
Guy G. T'Sjoen
Pasi Pöllänen
Sehyun Kim
Venue: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2003
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 15
ISSN: 1477-7525 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-1-15
PMC: PMC155679
OpenAlex: W2168268595
Cited by: 186
References: 8
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 4.07
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Locations: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, other-oa)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Hormonal and reproductive studies
Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Health Education and Validation
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Keywords: older men, health-related quality of life, cross-cultural adaptation, psychometric properties
MeSH terms: Aged, Aging, Health Status, Humans, Language, Male, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Translations

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