Questionário de incapacidade de Roland Morris - adaptação e validação para os doentes de língua Portuguesa com lombalgia.

The objective of the current study was to adapt and validate the Roland Morris disability questionnaire (RMDQ) to the Portuguese patients because there are no European Portuguese psychometric instruments to evaluate patients suffering from low back pain. After translation and back translation the Po...

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Main Authors: Joaquim Monteiro, Luís Faísca, Odete Nunes, João Hipólito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ordem dos Médicos 2010-10-01
Series:Acta Médica Portuguesa
Online Access:https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/728
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author Joaquim Monteiro
Luís Faísca
Odete Nunes
João Hipólito
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description The objective of the current study was to adapt and validate the Roland Morris disability questionnaire (RMDQ) to the Portuguese patients because there are no European Portuguese psychometric instruments to evaluate patients suffering from low back pain. After translation and back translation the Portuguese version of the RMDQ was tested in 112 patients with low back pain (30 males and 82 females) to analyse psychometric characteristics. Analysis of measures obtained points to high levels of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha: 0.81) and temporal stability (test-retest: r = 0.86). External validity was assessed by association with numerical pain rating scale (END), Schöber test (TS) and fingertip floor measurement (GFA). The results revealed a large correlation between the RMDQ and END (r = 0.73) and a medium correlation with TS and GFA (in this order, r = -0,52 and r = 0,42). The psychometric analysis showed that the RMDQ gives reliable measures for the disability of patients with back pain and was successfully adapted and validated to the European Portuguese patients.
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spelling doaj.art-fe7b91d4564e4722ab8488fcb0c4598a2022-12-22T03:54:46ZengOrdem dos MédicosActa Médica Portuguesa0870-399X1646-07582010-10-0123510.20344/amp.728Questionário de incapacidade de Roland Morris - adaptação e validação para os doentes de língua Portuguesa com lombalgia.Joaquim Monteiro0Luís FaíscaOdete NunesJoão HipólitoUniversidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Lisboa.The objective of the current study was to adapt and validate the Roland Morris disability questionnaire (RMDQ) to the Portuguese patients because there are no European Portuguese psychometric instruments to evaluate patients suffering from low back pain. After translation and back translation the Portuguese version of the RMDQ was tested in 112 patients with low back pain (30 males and 82 females) to analyse psychometric characteristics. Analysis of measures obtained points to high levels of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha: 0.81) and temporal stability (test-retest: r = 0.86). External validity was assessed by association with numerical pain rating scale (END), Schöber test (TS) and fingertip floor measurement (GFA). The results revealed a large correlation between the RMDQ and END (r = 0.73) and a medium correlation with TS and GFA (in this order, r = -0,52 and r = 0,42). The psychometric analysis showed that the RMDQ gives reliable measures for the disability of patients with back pain and was successfully adapted and validated to the European Portuguese patients.https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/728
spellingShingle Joaquim Monteiro
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Acta Médica Portuguesa
title Questionário de incapacidade de Roland Morris - adaptação e validação para os doentes de língua Portuguesa com lombalgia.
title_full Questionário de incapacidade de Roland Morris - adaptação e validação para os doentes de língua Portuguesa com lombalgia.
title_fullStr Questionário de incapacidade de Roland Morris - adaptação e validação para os doentes de língua Portuguesa com lombalgia.
title_full_unstemmed Questionário de incapacidade de Roland Morris - adaptação e validação para os doentes de língua Portuguesa com lombalgia.
title_short Questionário de incapacidade de Roland Morris - adaptação e validação para os doentes de língua Portuguesa com lombalgia.
title_sort questionario de incapacidade de roland morris adaptacao e validacao para os doentes de lingua portuguesa com lombalgia
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