Asian Spine J.  2017 Aug;11(4):520-530. 10.4184/asj.2017.11.4.520.

Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability of the Persian Version of the Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Occupational Therapy, Qods Hospital, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
  • 2Department of Ergonomics, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. hrmokhtarinia@yahoo.com
  • 3Student Research Committee, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
  • 4Department of Ergonomics, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: Observational study. PURPOSE: To cross-culturally translate the Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (OMPQ) into Persian and then evaluate its psychometric properties (reliability, validity, ceiling, and flooring effects). OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: To the authors' knowledge, prior to this study there has been no validated instrument to screen the risk of chronicity in Persian-speaking patients with low back pain (LBP) in Iran. The OMPQ was specifically developed as a self-administered screening tool for assessing the risk of LBP chronicity.
METHODS
The forward-backward translation method was used for the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the original questionnaire. In total, 202 patients with subacute LBP completed the OMPQ and the pain disability questionnaire (PDQ), which was used to assess convergent validity. 62 patients completed the OMPQ a week later as a retest.
RESULTS
Slight changes were made to the OMPQ during the translation/cultural adaptation process; face validity of the Persian version was obtained. The Persian OMPQ showed excellent test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient=0.89). Its internal consistency was 0.71, and its convergent validity was confirmed by good correlation coefficient between the OMPQ and PDQ total scores (r=0.72, p<0.05). No ceiling or floor effects were observed.
CONCLUSIONS
The Persian version of the OMPQ is acceptable for the target society in terms of face validity, construct validity, reliability, and consistency. It is therefore considered a useful instrument for screening Iranian patients with LBP.

Keyword

Disability; Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire; Persian version; Reliability; Validity

MeSH Terms

Humans
Iran
Low Back Pain
Mass Screening*
Methods
Musculoskeletal Pain*
Observational Study
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
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