Development and evaluation of 'neck pain and functional limitation scale': A validation study in the Asian context.
Indian J Med Sci
;
2009 Oct; 63(10) 445-454
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-145452
ABSTRACT
Background:
There is a paucity of literature on validated outcome measurement tools for evaluation of neck pain and related disability in the Asian context.Aim:
The main aim of the present study was to design a new tool called neck pain functional limitation scale (NPFLS) for measuring disability related to neck pain and observe its reliability, concurrent validity and criterion validity. Setting anddesign:
This study was performed at the institutional hospital. Materials andmethods:
A total of 157 subjects (neck pain group) and 25 control subjects (control group) without neck pain were recruited for this study. NPFLS was framed as a new tool for this study, which consisted of 5 domains - pain intensity, activities of daily living, social activities, functional activities and psychological factors. Neck Bournemouth questionnaire (NBQ) was used as a gold standard to measure the concurrent validity and criterion validity of the NPFLS. Statisticalanalysis:
Criterion validity and concurrent validity between the neck Bournemouth questionnaire (NBQ) and NPFLS scores were tested statistically using Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman correlation test. The reliability was tested by examining the internal consistency to calculate the Cronbach's alpha value for each item in NPFLS.Results:
No significant difference between NPFLS and NBQ was observed using Mann-Whitney U Test, with P value greater than 0.05 (P= 0.557). Besides that, NPFLS had a high concurrent validity (r= 0.916) and good internal consistency with high Cronbach's alpha value of (r= 0.948), which demonstrated strong correlation between the items of NPFLS and NBQ.Conclusion:
NPFLS demonstrated good reliability, high concurrent validity and criterion validity in this study. NPFLS can be used to assess neck pain and disability among patients with neck pain.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Asia
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Aged, 80 and over
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Pain Measurement
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Activities of Daily Living
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Confidence Intervals
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Cross-Sectional Studies
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged80
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Sci
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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