Validation and reliability of the Persian version of the Zurich Claudication Questionnaire in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the applicable tools introduced as a specific tool for assessing claudication in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis is the Zurich Claudication Questionnaire (ZCQ). This questionnaire has been validated in different populations of patients. The present study aimed to determine the validation status of the Persian version of ZCQ.

Methods

After professional translation of the ZCQ by native English translators, it was executed twice before surgery with 1 day interval on 45 Iranian patients with spinal stenosis. The reliability was assessed by determining the Chronbach's Alpha coefficient as well as intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). To assess the concurrent validity, the correlation across the 3 domains of the questionnaire was calculated by the Pearso

SUBMITTER: Talebian P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10372887 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature