PMID- 33258360
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210727
LR  - 20210727
IS  - 1973-9095 (Electronic)
IS  - 1973-9087 (Linking)
VI  - 57
IP  - 3
DP  - 2021 Jun
TI  - Questionnaires for the evaluation of the cervical and lumbar spine in Italian 
      language: a systematic review of the structural and psychometric characteristics.
PG  - 376-385
LID - 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06280-2 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: There has been an increase in the use of questionnaires as tools 
      for the subjective evaluation of patients with neuro-musculoskeletal problems. 
      The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the 
      questionnaires published in Italian for the evaluation of cervical and lumbar 
      spine pain and related dysfunction. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: Two blinded 
      bibliographical searches were carried out on seven databases, regarding back, 
      lumbar and/or cervical musculoskeletal problems. Both the structural 
      characteristics and the psychometric aspects of each of the questionnaires were 
      extracted from each of the selected articles. The structural characteristics 
      were: full name, acronym, author and date of adaptation to the Italian language, 
      what it measures, number of items, time to complete, the result scale, where the 
      points are located and the cost. The psychometric aspects were: standard error of 
      measurement (SEM), minimum detectable change (MDC), minimal clinically important 
      difference (MCID), test-retest reliability, internal consistency, criterion 
      validity, construct validity and sensitivity to changes. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: For 
      the structural characteristics of the questionnaires identified for the valuation 
      of the lumbar area, the number of items ranged between 10 and 24. Only two of the 
      questionnaires presented specific categories, and the time to complete ranged 
      between 5 and 7 minutes. The reliability of the questionnaires ranged between 
      0.869 and 0.961. None of the questionnaires calculated the inter-observer 
      reliability. The internal consistency ranged between 0.82 and 0.90 for criterion 
      validity. None of the questionnaires calculated sensitivity, SEM, MDC or MCID, 
      with the exception of the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire, which showed a 
      value of 12 on MDC. For the assessment of the cervical region, the number of 
      items ranged from 6 to 20. Three of the questionnaires had sub-categories, and 
      the time to complete them ranged between 2 and 5 minutes. The test-retest 
      reliability ranged between 0.78 and 0.997. The internal consistency ranged 
      between 0.842 and 0.942. CONCLUSIONS: The Italian versions of the questionnaires 
      present good basic structural and psychometric characteristics for the evaluation 
      of patients with back, lumbar and/or cervical musculoskeletal disorders. The 
      analysis of the structural and psychometric characteristics of these 
      questionnaires is fundamental to identify the best tools to use in research and 
      in clinical practice.
FAU - Barni, Luca
AU  - Barni L
AD  - Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genoa, Italy.
FAU - Freddolini, Marco
AU  - Freddolini M
AD  - Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genoa, Italy - marco.freddolini@gmail.com.
FAU - Ruiz-Munoz, Maria
AU  - Ruiz-Munoz M
AD  - Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genoa, Italy.
FAU - Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio I
AU  - Cuesta-Vargas AI
AD  - Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genoa, Italy.
FAU - Gonzalez-Sanchez, Manuel
AU  - Gonzalez-Sanchez M
AD  - Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genoa, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Systematic Review
DEP - 20201201
PL  - Italy
TA  - Eur J Phys Rehabil Med
JT  - European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
JID - 101465662
SB  - IM
MH  - *Disability Evaluation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Italy
MH  - Low Back Pain/*physiopathology
MH  - Musculoskeletal Pain/*physiopathology
MH  - Neck Pain/*physiopathology
MH  - Pain Measurement/*standards
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards
MH  - Translating
EDAT- 2020/12/02 06:00
MHDA- 2021/07/28 06:00
CRDT- 2020/12/01 06:21
PHST- 2020/12/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/07/28 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/12/01 06:21 [entrez]
AID - S1973-9087.20.06280-2 [pii]
AID - 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06280-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Jun;57(3):376-385. doi: 
      10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06280-2. Epub 2020 Dec 1.