New modified english and hindi oswestry disability index in low back pain patients treated conservatively in Indian population.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Prospective cohort study along with questionnaire.

Purpose

To measure the correlation of the visual analogue score (VAS), with (Oswestry disability Index [ODI], version 2.1a) in English, and modified ODI (English and Hindi version). To validate translated version of the modified ODI in English version to Hindi.

Overview of literature

Conflicting evidence in literature regarding the ability for existing ODI score to accurately measure the pain associated disability.

Methods

One hundred and three patients conservatively treated for low back pain were enrolled in the study. The Pearson correlation coefficient for VAS and ODI along with the Cronbach α and test-retest reliability for Hindi version using the intraclass correlation coefficient was recorde

SUBMITTER: Nishant 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4206813 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature