Validation of the Japanese version of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire. Export

@article{citeulike:572251, abstract = {The study was designed to validate a translated, culturally adapted questionnaire. We examined the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Japanese version of the Roland-Morris Questionnaire (RDQ) when assessing disability in Japanese patients with low back pain. The RDQ is a reliable, validated scale used to measure disability caused by low back pain. However, no validated Japanese version of this questionnaire is available. A series of 214 outpatients with low back pain participated in this validation study. The patients were given the RDQ and the SF-36, and assessed their pain and global rating of health. Among them, 57 who were clinically stable were given the RDQ again 2 weeks later. The reliability was examined based on the test-retest method and internal consistency. Sufficient reliability was demonstrated with a Chronbach's. coefficient of 0.85, and the reproducibility for the 30 patients was r = 0.91. The principal component analysis showed unidimensionality. The RDQ score of the 133 patients was significantly improved after treatment. The Japanese version of the RDQ is a useful scale that is easy to use with reliability, validity, and responsiveness when assessing patients with low back pain.}, address = {Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, 606-8501, Kyoto, Japan.}, author = {Suzukamo, Y. and Fukuhara, S. and Kikuchi, S. and Konno, S. and Roland, M. and Iwamoto, Y. and Nakamura, T. and {}}, citeulike-article-id = {572251}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00776-003-0679-x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12898308}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12898308}, doi = {10.1007/s00776-003-0679-x}, issn = {0949-2658}, journal = {J Orthop Sci}, keywords = {backpain, disabillity, japan}, number = {4}, pages = {543--548}, posted-at = {2006-04-01 00:32:30}, priority = {2}, title = {Validation of the Japanese version of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00776-003-0679-x}, volume = {8}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:572251 L3 - citeulike-article-id:572251 N2 - The study was designed to validate a translated, culturally adapted questionnaire. We examined the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Japanese version of the Roland-Morris Questionnaire (RDQ) when assessing disability in Japanese patients with low back pain. The RDQ is a reliable, validated scale used to measure disability caused by low back pain. However, no validated Japanese version of this questionnaire is available. A series of 214 outpatients with low back pain participated in this validation study. The patients were given the RDQ and the SF-36, and assessed their pain and global rating of health. Among them, 57 who were clinically stable were given the RDQ again 2 weeks later. The reliability was examined based on the test-retest method and internal consistency. Sufficient reliability was demonstrated with a Chronbach's. coefficient of 0.85, and the reproducibility for the 30 patients was r = 0.91. The principal component analysis showed unidimensionality. The RDQ score of the 133 patients was significantly improved after treatment. The Japanese version of the RDQ is a useful scale that is easy to use with reliability, validity, and responsiveness when assessing patients with low back pain. IS - 4 JF - J Orthop Sci SN - 0949-2658 AD - Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, 606-8501, Kyoto, Japan. EP - 548 TI - Validation of the Japanese version of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire. VL - 8 SP - 543 KW - backpain KW - disabillity KW - japan AU - Suzukamo, Y AU - Fukuhara, S AU - Kikuchi, S AU - Konno, S AU - Roland, M AU - Iwamoto, Y AU - Nakamura, T PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00776-003-0679-x ER -