Cross-cultural adaptation and reliability of patient asthma knowledge questionnaire in the regional Indian language Marathi: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: patient education is the cornerstone of the clinical management of bronchial asthma. The patient asthma knowledge questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool to assess the disease specific knowledge in the patients with bronchial asthma. To the best of our knowledge and literature search, there is no tool available in Marathi language to assess the knowledge of bronchial asthma in patients.

Test-Retest Reliability and Internal Consistency of the Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire Short Version in the Marathi Language.

Introduction Patient education specific to the disease must be incorporated into the management of coronary artery disease (CAD) or any other disease as the patients understand the education provided in their native language better. The brief version of the CAD education questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument for evaluating patients' understanding of the condition. To the best of our knowledge and understanding from the literature review, no questionnaire evaluating the knowledge of CAD in the Marathi language had been found because of which this study was carried out.