Hindi translation and validation of the English version of the gastrointestinal symptom rating scale questionnaire: An observational study

Table 1 Characteristics of the population included in the validation cohort, n (%)

	Healthy controls	Diseased group
		Functional dyspepsia	d-IBS
Number	30	41	31
Age (median, IQR) (years)	19-37 (25.5, 6.75)	16-70 (40,16.5)	21-66 (39,12.5)
Male gender	15 (50)	28 (68)	17 (55)
Duration of symptoms	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

d-IBS: Diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome; IQR: Interquartile range.

Table 2 Median, interquartile range, and P value of the questions of the final version of the Hindi translation in the diseased group and healthy group

Question number	Diseased group (median, IQR)	Healthy group (median, IQR)	P value
Q1	1, 1	0, 1	0.02
Q2	1, 2	0, 1	0.02
Q3	1, 1	0, 1	0.04
Q4	1, 1	0, 0	0.002
Q5	0, 1	1, 1	0.66
Q6	1, 1	0, 1	0.0005
Q7	1, 2	0.5, 1	0.02
Q8	0.5, 1	0, 1	0.04
Q9	1, 2	0, 0	< 0.001
Q10	0, 0	0, 0	0.42
Q11	0, 1	0, 0	< 0.001
Q12	1, 1	0, 0	< 0.001
Q13	0, 1	0, 1	0.09
Q14	1, 1	0, 0	0.0002
Q15	1, 2	0, 0	< 0.001

IQR: Interquartile range.