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After obtaining informed written consent, Tamil version of the two \u201cself-reporting assessment tools\u201d LEFS and LEHRQoL were applied to all the participants by two examiners independently. Feasibility was assessed by the time schedule. Internal consistency and the correlation between two examiners was assessed by calculating Cronbach's alpha and Karl Pearson correlation coefficient and Spearman rank correlation respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The mean time taken for completing the LEFS and LEHRQoL questionnaire was 5 minutes and 2 seconds and 12 minutes and 8 seconds respectively. Internal consistency reliability assessment showed good internal consistency for both the examiners (Cronbach's alpha 0.816 and 0.812). There was a strong positive correlation for the cases (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.956,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.908,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and controls (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.992,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.985,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) between the two examiners.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>LEFS and LEHRQoL were well accepted among filarial LE patients and the patients with low literacy were able to respond without any difficulty to both assessment tools. LEFS was found suitable for the assessment of lower extremity functions of the LE patients as in other diseases affecting the lower limb and it also indirectly brought out the impact on the QoL.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/lrb.2019.0045","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,18]],"date-time":"2019-09-18T14:55:19Z","timestamp":1568818519000},"page":"254-260","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Application of the Lower Extremity Functional Scale and Its Correlation with Lymphedema Health-Related Quality of Life on Lower Limb Filarial Lymphedema Patients"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"De Britto","family":"Lourduraj","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Chemotherapy, Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Pondicherry, India."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Satish Prasad","family":"Barnawal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kamaraj","family":"Pattabi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Epidemiology &amp; Biostatistics, National Institute of Epidemiology-ICMR, Chennai, India."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vijayalakshmi","family":"Gnanasekaran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Chemotherapy, Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Pondicherry, India."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anbusivam","family":"Sadhasivam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Chemotherapy, Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Pondicherry, India."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"K. 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