Validation of the Nepali versions of the Neck Disability Index and the Numerical Rating Scale for Neck Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

A cross-sectional study with a test-retest design.

Objective

To translate and culturally adapt the numerical rating scale (NRS) for neck pain intensity and the Neck Disability Index (NDI), and asses their measurement properties in a Nepalese neck pain population.

Summary of background data

Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders in Nepal. Research on neck pain disorders has been hampered by lack of standardized patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in Nepali language. Therefore, we aimed at validating a Nepali version of the NDI and NRS neck pain.

Methods

At Dhulikhel hospital in Nepal, 150 patients with neck pain and/or cervical radiculopathy completed the translated self-administered questionnaires. We had made one cultu

SUBMITTER: Shrestha D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7864651 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature