The Back-care Behavior Assessment Questionnaire (BABAQ) for schoolchildren: development and psychometric evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Back pain is an important public health problem and the leading cause of adult disability worldwide and is rising among schoolchildren populations. Despite numerous studies reporting on back care interventions in pediatric population; there is currently no existing theory-based instrument to assess impact and outcome of these programs. This paper reports on development and psychometric testing of a theory based back-care behavior instrument for use among elementary schoolchildren.

Methods

This was a three-phases study that included the following steps: a) a literature research to review existing instruments that assess healthy spine-related behavior in elementary schoolchildren; b) development of a new instrument namely the Back-care Behavior Assessment Questionna

SUBMITTER: Akbari-Chehrehbargh Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7448470 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature