Development of the Young Disability Questionnaire (spine) for children with spinal pain: field testing in Danish school children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to finalise the development of the Young Disability Questionnaire (YDQ-spine) to measure the consequences of neck, midback and low back pain, relevant for schoolchildren aged 9-12 years.

Design

A cross-sectional field test of the YDQ-spine was carried out.

Setting

Danish primary schools.

Participants

Children aged 9-12 years from all Danish schools were invited to complete the questionnaire.

Methods

Eight hundred and seventy-three schools were invited to participate. Consenting schools received information material, instructions and a link to an electronic version of the prefinal YDQ-spine. Local teachers distributed the electronic YDQ-spine to children aged 9-12 years. Descriptive statistics and item characteris

SUBMITTER: Lauridsen HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10193076 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature