Validity of the Arabic version of AAOS-foot and ankle outcomes questionnaire in patients with traumatic foot and ankle injuries

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the study sample, n (%)

All	N = 105
Age	39.7 years (range 18-85)
Gender
Male	56 (53.3)
Female	49 (46.6)
Nationality
Saudi	92 (87.6)
Egypt	5 (4.76)
Kuwait	3 (2.8)
Yemen	2 (1.9)
Education level
Primary	10 (9.52)
Secondary	13 (12.4)
High school	38 (36.2)
Bachelor	42 (40.0)
Master degree	2 (1.90)
Diagnosis
Degenerative diseases	25 (23.8)
Traumatic	61 (58.09)
Acquired deformity	11 (10.4)
Congenital	8 (7.6)
Traumatic cases
Pilon fracture	12 (19.6)
Achilles tendon rupture	4 (6.55)
Ankle fractures	25 (40.9)
Talus fractures	5 (8.19)
Calcaneus fractures	9 (14.75)
Midfoot fractures	6 (9.83)

Categorical data were summarized using counts and percentages. Age was summarized using the mean ± SD.

Table 2 Correlation of the Arabic American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Foot and Ankle Outcomes Questionnaire with the Short-Form 36

SF-36 subscale	PF	RP	BP	GH	VT	SF	RE	MH	PCS	MCS
Global foot and ankle scale
Pearson correlation	0.617	0.610	0.733	0.337	0.455	0.649	0.508	0.525	0.638	0.563
P value	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.005	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Shoe Comfort Scale
Spearman rho	0.392	0.317	0.389	0.221	0.307	0.395	0.288	0.301	0.344	0.341
P value	< 0.0001	0.006	< 0.0001	0.124	0.005	< 0.0001	0.008	0.006	0.002	0.002

BP: Bodily pain; GH: General health; MH: Mental health; PF: Physical function; RE: Role emotional; RP: Role physical; SF: Social functioning; VT: Vitality; PCS: Physical component summary; MCS: Mental component summary; SF-36: Short-Form 36.