The Young Disability Questionnaire-Spine: item development, pilot testing and conceptualisation of a questionnaire to measure consequences of spinal pain in children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of the present study was to develop a questionnaire to measure the consequences of neck, midback and low back pain, relevant for schoolchildren aged 9-12 years.

Design

The development of the questionnaire was carried out in three phases: (1) generation of items, (2) pilot testing and (3) conceptualisation.

Setting

Danish primary schools.

Participants

Children aged 9-12 years from a local school were invited for completion of questionnaires and subsequent interviews.

Methods

In phase 1 an extensive literature search identified items from existing questionnaires measuring musculoskeletal disability in children. These were added to items from a previously conducted qualitative study and constituted the basis for the new questionnaire

SUBMITTER: Meldgaard E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8126286 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature