A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ) is a disease-specific measure of self-reported symptom severity and functional status. It is frequently used in the reporting of outcomes from trials into interventions for carpal tunnel syndrome. We conducted a systematic review of published studies on the psychometric properties of the BCTQ to determine the level of evidence on the instrument's validity, reliability and responsiveness to date.

Methods

A search of the databases Medline, CINAHL, AMED and PsychInfo was conducted to retrieve studies which investigated one or more of the psychometric properties of the BCTQ. Data abstraction was undertaken by the first two authors.

Results

Ten studies were retrieved which met the inclusion criteria. One study evalua

SUBMITTER: Leite JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1624826 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature