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Validation of the Back Beliefs Questionnaire to the Turkish

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Bezmialem Vakif University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Treatments

Other: no intervention

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04071522
050.05.04.05.01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Back Beliefs Questionnaire (BBQ) developed by Symonds et al. in 1996 is used to measure patient's attitudes and beliefs towards recovery and return-to-work; and expectations regarding the negative circumstances that could be created as a result of low back pain (LBP).The aim of this study was the translation to Turkish language, cross-cultural adaptation and assessment of reliability&validity of BBQ for the patients suffering from chronic LBP.

Full description

Back Beliefs Questionnaire was translated and culturally adapted into Turkish regarding to the published guidelines. This observational cross-sectional study was performed with 110 chronic low back pain patients. All participants were asked to complete Back Beliefs Questionnaire and also fill the socio-demographic data form and evaluation tools (Numeric rating scale-pain, Oswestry Disability Index, Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale). Internal consistency was evaluated with Cronbach's alfa coefficient. Intraclass correlation coefficient was used to assess test-retest reliability. Structural validity was assessed by correlations with other tools.

Back Beliefs Questionnaire had a good internal consistency (Cronbach alfa= 0.79) and an excellent test-retest reliability (Intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.84). A moderate correlation was determined between Back Beliefs Questionnaire and Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire. Correlations with Numeric rating scale-pain, Oswestry Disability Index, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were fair.

Turkish version of Back Beliefs Questionnaire is a valid and reliable questionnaire that can be used to evaluate beliefs about pain in patients with chronic low back pain.

Enrollment

110 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Turkish speaking
  • Suffering from low back pain during activity for over 3 months

Exclusion criteria

  • pregnancy
  • malignancy
  • infections
  • fractures
  • inflammatory diseases
  • cognitive impairments that might create a problem in comprehending and filling the survey

Trial design

110 participants in 1 patient group

LBP
Description:
110 literate Turkish speaking patients suffering from low back pain (LBP) for over 3 months, within the age range 18-65 were included in the study.
Treatment:
Other: no intervention

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