[The establishment of the I-PSS in the CIS countries taking into account its cultural and linguistic features....

I-PSS adaptation to cultural and linguistic features of CIS population has been made in two stages. The 1st stage consisted of adaptation of the questionnaire's text and its check up by the specialists. At the 2nd stage a random sample of 46 males at the age 60 to 80 years were tested and retested. Reliability of the results has been proved in repeated tests and comparison of the adjusted questionnaire with its English-American variant. The authors propose to use adapted questionnaire I-PSS which meets international requirements in the countries members of CIS.