Translation of Neck Disability Index Into Local Pakistani Languages of Pakistan

Riphah International University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Neck Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04843241

REC/00934 Syed Hashir Ali

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to translate the neck disability index (NDI) questionnaire into Pushto, Punjabi, Sindhi and Balochi versions and o test the validity & reliability of translated versions of NDI among neck pain patients in Pakistan.

Full description

The Neck Disability Index is a state-unambiguous instrument for the description of a disability. It is revised from the Oswestry Low Back Pain Questionnaire It contains 10 items mentioning various activities (personal care, lifting, driving, work, sleeping, concentration, reading, recreation) and pain (pain intensity, headache) with 6 conceivable answers for each item. Patients are educated to choose only one answer which most closely suits their condition at the current time. The score of each item ranges between 0 (no pain and no functional limitation) and 5 (worst pain and maximal limitation) that lead to the total score of 0 (no disability) to 50 (totally disabled), as 0-4 points (no disability), 5-14 points (10-28% disability), 15-24 points (30-48% disability), 25-34 points (50-64% disability) and 35-50 points (70-100% disability). The meantime to fill the questionnaire is 3-7.8 minutes. The NDI showed high validity and reliability for patients with neck pain.

By this study, the accuracy and reproducibility of the translated versions of NDI questionnaires will be enhanced and thus can create a useful measure to obtain data from culturally/linguistically diverse people belonging to different ethnic background as in Pakistan. It will create trustworthiness among clinicians and researchers to utilize the tool as a measure of what it is supposed to measure.

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mechanical neck pain
• Participants belonging to Urdu, Pushto, Punjabi, Sindhi and Balochi speaking class
• Participants from inpatient and outpatient department of hospitals
• participants should complete the questionnaire in their respective language without the help

Exclusion criteria

• Healthy Individuals
• Pathological neck pain
• Traumatic cervical or neck injuries
• Participants with disability due to any structural/ congenital cause