The Back Belief Questionnaire is efficient to assess false beliefs and related fear in low back pain populations: A transcultural adaptation and validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

According to the fear avoidance model, beliefs and thoughts can modify the outcome of patient with low back pain. The Back Belief Questionnaire (BBQ)-a 14 items scale-assesses these consequences of low back pain.

Objective

To test the psychometric properties of the French version of the BBQ.

Methods

The BBQ was translated using the forward-backward translation process. Throughout three repeated evaluation time points (D1, D7 and D30), various aspects of validity were analysed: acceptability, quality of items, unidimentionality, internal consistency, temporal stability (between D1 and D7), responsiveness (between D7 and D30), and construct validity comparing it to other validated scales.

Results

One hundred and thirty-one patients were enrolled and 12

SUBMITTER: Dupeyron A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5718465 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature