Korean Journal of Acupuncture
- Volume 24 Issue 2
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- Pages.99-112
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- 2007
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- 2287-3368(pISSN)
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- 2287-3376(eISSN)
Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Korean Language Versions on Neck Pain and Disability Questionnaires and Their Psychometric Testing
한글 경추 통증 및 기능장애 측정 도구의 개발과 타당도 및 신뢰도 검사
- Lee, Hae-Jung (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Medical Life Science, Silla University)
- 이해정 (부산 신라대학교 의생명과학대학 물리치료학과)
- Published : 2007.06.30
Abstract
Objectives : It was to translate three neck and spinal pain disability questionnaires - the Neck Disability Index (NDI), the Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPDS), and the Functional Rating Index (FRI) - into Korean language, and evaluate the psychometric properties of Korean versions of questionnaires to achieve a good cross-cultural adaptation. Methods : Forty (23 males, 17 females) subjects aged from 15 to 64 years old, participated to examine test-retest reliability. One hundred and eighty (76 males, 104 females) subjects with a primary diagnosis of non-specific neck pain and 81 healthy volunteers were undertaken to examine internal consistemcy, discriminative validity and longitudinal construct validity. Versions of each questionnaire in idiomatic modern Korean were developed using a procedure proposed by Beaton et al. (2000). To assess reliability, the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC
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