Abstract

Background The Harris Hip Score HHS is a widely used Patient-Related Outcomes score It measures pain and function levels in patients with hip pathologies Objectives The main objective of this study is to translate and culturally adapt the HHS into Arabic and to assess the reliability and validity of the translated version Material Methods 110 patients participated in this survey The internal consistency tests were calculated using Cronbach s alpha Test-retest reliability intra-correlation coefficient convergent construct validity convergent validity floor ceiling effects and responsiveness were calculated Bland-Altman Plot and forest plots were done to measure the level of agreement Results Test reliability for the first testing situation - calculated using Cronbach s alpha - was 0 98 for the pain subscale 0 98 for the stiffness and 0 99 for the physical function subscale For the second testing reliability was 0 99 0 97 and 0 99 pain stiffness and physical function respectively