In the article by Ghorbani et al., “Translation, Linguistic Validation, and Cultural Adaptation of the Bladder Cancer Index (BCI) Questionnaire Into the Persian (Farsi) Language and Comparing it With WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire: An Observational Study” (J Family Reprod Health 2023; 17(3): 128–35) the following the supplementary material were not provided and could be reached as below
Supplementary material 1:
Bladder Cancer Index (BCI) tool
1-A: Classifications of the BCI tool questions by the domains and sub-domains
| Classification | Number of main items | Minimum items need to be answered |
|---|---|---|
| Domains | ||
| Urinary | 24–35 | 10 |
| Bowel | 36–45 | 8 |
| Sexual | 46–57 | 10 |
| Subdomains | ||
| Urinary | ||
| Function | 24–27 | 4 |
| Bother | 28–35 | 7 |
| Bowel | ||
| Function | 37,39,40,41 | 4 |
| Bother | 36,38,42–45 | 5 |
| Sexual | ||
| Function | 46–51,56 | 6 |
| Bother | 52–55,57 | 4 |
1-B: Scoring guide for the BCI tool
| Question Number | Chosen answer | Standardized score |
|---|---|---|
| 24, 25, 26, 27, 51 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 33 | |
| 3 | 67 | |
| 4 | 100 | |
| 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 53, 54, 55 | 0 | 100 |
| 1 | 75 | |
| 2 | 50 | |
| 3 | 25 | |
| 4 | 0 | |
| 32, 37, 38, 52, 57 | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | 75 | |
| 3 | 50 | |
| 4 | 25 | |
| 5 | 0 | |
| 36, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 56 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 25 | |
| 3 | 50 | |
| 4 | 75 | |
| 5 | 100 | |
| 39 | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | 67 | |
| 3 | 33 | |
| 4 | 0 |
Supplementary material 2: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385006302_Supplement_2-_Farsi_BCIdocx
Supplementary material 3:
Correlation between the main aspects of the BCI and their sub-domains
| Domains | Urinary | Bowel | Sexual |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| r (p-value) | r (p-value) | r (p-value) | |
| Main Domains | |||
| Urinary | 1 | ||
| Bowel | 0.302 (0.023) | 1 | |
| Sexual | 0.234 (0.080) | 0.204 (0.128) | 1 |
| Sub-Domains | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domains | Sub-Domain | Function | Bother | Function | Bother | Function | Bother |
| Urinary | Function | 1 | |||||
| Bother | 0.455 (0.001) | 1 | |||||
| Bowel | Function | 0.183 (0.174) | 0.377 (0.004) | 1 | |||
| Bother | 0.201 (0.133) | 0.297 (0.025) | 0.521 (0.000) | 1 | |||
| Sexual | Function | 0.043 (0.754) | 0.097 (0.471) | 0.281 (0.034) | 0.241 (0.071) | 1 | |
| Bother | 0.331 (0.012) | 0.180 (0.179) | 0.062 (0.645) | 0.071 (0.600) | 0.096 (0.476) | 1 | |
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Notes:
Citation: Erratum, J Family Reprod Health 2025; 19(1): 67-8.