{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(19)"],"submitter":["Koumantakis GA"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Neck self-awareness, related to sensorimotor dysfunction, can be monitored with the Fremantle Neck Awareness Questionnaire (FreNAQ). The cross-cultural adaptation of the FreNAQ in Greek (FreNAQ-GR) and an assessment of its psychometric properties were conducted.<h4>Methods</h4>This study included 104 participants (65 female) with non-specific chronic neck pain (NSCNP). Once the cross-cultural adaptation process of the FreNAQ-GR was complete, the testing of its construct validity was conducted via an exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The construct validity examination also included a correlational analysis with a Pain Intensity Visual Analogue Scale (PI-VAS), the Neck Disability Index (NDI), the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK), the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), and demographics. The internal consistency of the FreNAQ-GR was also examined. A sub-sample of participants (n = 30) completed the FreNAQ-GR again after 5-7 days.<h4>Results</h4>The dataset was appropriate for EFA (measure of sampling adequacy KMO = 0.763 and Bartlett's test of sphericity <i>p</i> < 0.001). The FreNAQ-GR demonstrated a single-factor 6-item structure (items 7-9 removed), explaining 53.69% of the common variance. Statistically significant correlations (Spearman's) were registered between the FreNAQ-GR (both versions) and the NDI (r = 0.33/0.29, <i>p</i> < 0.001), the TSK (r = 0.46/0.41, <i>p</i> < 0.001), and the PCS (r = 0.37/0.33, <i>p</i> < 0.001). For the 9-item and the 6-item FreNAQ-GR, the internal consistency (Chronbach's a/McDonald's ω) was 0.80/0.79 and 0.826/0.816, respectively. The test-retest reliability was excellent for both versions ICC<sub>2,1</sub> (95% CI) = 0.98/0.98 (0.97-0.99/0.95-0.99), with low error values SEM = 0.90/0.74 and MDC<sub>95%</sub> = 2.49/2.05 points.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The FreNAQ-GR is suitable for assessing neck self-awareness in Greek-speaking patients with NSCNP."],"journal":["Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pagination":["1985"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11477373"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity of the Greek Version of the Fremantle Neck Awareness Questionnaire (FreNAQ-GR) in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain."],"pmcid":["PMC11477373"],"pubmed_authors":["Tatsios PI","Kefalaki F","Koumantakis GA","Vrouva S","Nikolaki F","Paraskevopoulos E"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity of the Greek Version of the Fremantle Neck Awareness Questionnaire (FreNAQ-GR) in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Neck self-awareness, related to sensorimotor dysfunction, can be monitored with the Fremantle Neck Awareness Questionnaire (FreNAQ). The cross-cultural adaptation of the FreNAQ in Greek (FreNAQ-GR) and an assessment of its psychometric properties were conducted.<h4>Methods</h4>This study included 104 participants (65 female) with non-specific chronic neck pain (NSCNP). Once the cross-cultural adaptation process of the FreNAQ-GR was complete, the testing of its construct validity was conducted via an exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The construct validity examination also included a correlational analysis with a Pain Intensity Visual Analogue Scale (PI-VAS), the Neck Disability Index (NDI), the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK), the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), and demographics. The internal consistency of the FreNAQ-GR was also examined. A sub-sample of participants (n = 30) completed the FreNAQ-GR again after 5-7 days.<h4>Results</h4>The dataset was appropriate for EFA (measure of sampling adequacy KMO = 0.763 and Bartlett's test of sphericity <i>p</i> < 0.001). The FreNAQ-GR demonstrated a single-factor 6-item structure (items 7-9 removed), explaining 53.69% of the common variance. Statistically significant correlations (Spearman's) were registered between the FreNAQ-GR (both versions) and the NDI (r = 0.33/0.29, <i>p</i> < 0.001), the TSK (r = 0.46/0.41, <i>p</i> < 0.001), and the PCS (r = 0.37/0.33, <i>p</i> < 0.001). For the 9-item and the 6-item FreNAQ-GR, the internal consistency (Chronbach's a/McDonald's ω) was 0.80/0.79 and 0.826/0.816, respectively. The test-retest reliability was excellent for both versions ICC<sub>2,1</sub> (95% CI) = 0.98/0.98 (0.97-0.99/0.95-0.99), with low error values SEM = 0.90/0.74 and MDC<sub>95%</sub> = 2.49/2.05 points.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The FreNAQ-GR is suitable for assessing neck self-awareness in Greek-speaking patients with NSCNP.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Oct","modification":"2025-04-04T08:21:24.646Z","creation":"2025-04-04T08:21:24.646Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11477373","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39408165"],"doi":["10.3390/healthcare12191985"]}}