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The XQ was translated into Arabic following established international guidelines. A total of 187 patients completed the questionnaire. Construct validity was assessed using confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency and test\u2013retest reliability were evaluated using Cronbach's\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n                      coefficient and McDonald's omega. Convergent\u2010related validity was examined.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The results confirmed a unidimensional structure of XQ with CFA (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (28)\u2009=\u200952.1,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001; CFI\u2009=\u20090.996; TLI\u2009=\u20090.984; RMSEA\u2009=\u20090.068; SRMR\u2009=\u20090.013). All items loaded significantly onto a single factor. The scale demonstrated excellent internal consistency with Cronbach's\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.952 (range 0.93\u20130.96) and McDonald's\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c9<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.948. Test\u2013retest reliability was excellent (ICC\u2009=\u20090.93). The correlations with the SDQ and MNA\u2010SF supported convergent\u2010related validity.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and Significance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Arabic XQ shows excellent psychometric performance and is suitable for assessing xerostomia severity in Arabic\u2010speaking patients with HNC undergoing radiotherapy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/odi.70469","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]],"date-time":"2026-08-18T21:16:18Z","timestamp":1787087778000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Validation of the Arabic Xerostomia Questionnaire (\n                    <scp>XQ<\/scp>\n                    \u2010A): A National Study Among Head and Neck Cancers"],"prefix":"10.1111","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9142-7437","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mohammad Minwer","family":"Alnaeem","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, School of Nursing Al\u2010Zaytoonah University of Jordan  Amman Jordan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8770-9818","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alaa","family":"Abuattallah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Maternal and Child Health Nursing, School of Nursing Middle East University  Amman Jordan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sameera Khaled","family":"Darwish","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, School of Nursing Al\u2010Zaytoonah University of Jordan  Amman Jordan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"e_1_2_13_2_1","first-page":"8","article-title":"Prevalence of Malnutrition in Recently Hospitalized Elderly in Cairo Using a Valid and Reliable Short Form of Arabic Version of Mini\u2010Nutritional Assessment (MNA\u2010SF\u2010A)","volume":"9","author":"Abd\u2010Al\u2010Atty M. 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