TY - JOUR
T1 - Low back pain
T2 - Reliability of a set of pain measurement tools
AU - Jacob, Tamar
AU - Baras, Mario
AU - Zeev, Aviva
AU - Epstein, Leon
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by a grant from the Israeli Physiotherapy Organization.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Objectives: To determine the reliability and internal consistency of a set of low back pain (LBP)-related measurement tools and to determine whether they are appropriate for use in a large-scale, community-based sample in Israel. Design: Test-retest reliability study, with an interval of 2 to 14 days between test and retest. Setting: Physiotherapy clinics. Participants: One hundred fifty-one patients with LBP. Main Outcome Measures: The Modified Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (MRMQ); a simple verbal pain severity scale; and modified pain symptoms frequency and bothersomeness indices. Three measures of variables with potential association with LBP were also used: a Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ), work satisfaction scale, and the Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire (BPAQ). Results: Test-retest reliability was high for the MRMQ, pain symptom indices, work index of the FABQ, and occupational activity index of the BPAQ; the internal consistency of the MRMQ and FABQ work index were also high (intraclass correlation coefficient ≥ .89; α = .89). Conclusions: Most measurement tools are reliable and suitable for community LBP studies in Israel.
AB - Objectives: To determine the reliability and internal consistency of a set of low back pain (LBP)-related measurement tools and to determine whether they are appropriate for use in a large-scale, community-based sample in Israel. Design: Test-retest reliability study, with an interval of 2 to 14 days between test and retest. Setting: Physiotherapy clinics. Participants: One hundred fifty-one patients with LBP. Main Outcome Measures: The Modified Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (MRMQ); a simple verbal pain severity scale; and modified pain symptoms frequency and bothersomeness indices. Three measures of variables with potential association with LBP were also used: a Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ), work satisfaction scale, and the Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire (BPAQ). Results: Test-retest reliability was high for the MRMQ, pain symptom indices, work index of the FABQ, and occupational activity index of the BPAQ; the internal consistency of the MRMQ and FABQ work index were also high (intraclass correlation coefficient ≥ .89; α = .89). Conclusions: Most measurement tools are reliable and suitable for community LBP studies in Israel.
KW - Israel
KW - Low back pain
KW - Rehabilitation
KW - Reproducibility of results
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U2 - 10.1053/apmr.2001.22623
DO - 10.1053/apmr.2001.22623
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C2 - 11387576
AN - SCOPUS:0035005117
SN - 0003-9993
VL - 82
SP - 735
EP - 742
JO - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 6
ER -