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The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale: Conceptualization and development

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Kopec, Jacek A., Esdaile, John M., Abrahamowicz, Michal, Abenhaim, Lucien, Wood-Dauphinee, Sharon, Lamping, Donna L., Williams, J.Ivan·1996·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
DOI 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00526-4
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The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale is a new measure of functional disability for patients with back pain. Functional disability was operationalized in terms of perceived difficulty associated with simple physical activities. The content of the scale was developed in several stages, including a literature review, two studies seeking the opinions of patients and experts, pilot testing, and a large, longitudinal study of back pain patients. Forty-eight disability items were extensively studied using standard methods such as test-retest reliability, item-total correlations, and factor analysis, as well as modern techniques based on item response theory. Items that were highly effective in discriminating between different levels of disability were selected for the final, reduced scale. The scale has 20 items, representing six empirically derived categories of activities affected by back pain. Measurement properties of this instrument have been previously discussed.

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  1. Millard, 1989, The functional assessment screening questionnaire: application for evaluating pain-related disability, Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 70, 303

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Authors
Kopec, J. A., Esdaile, J. M., Abrahamowicz, M., Abenhaim, L., Wood-Dauphinee, S., Lamping, D. L., & Williams, J. I.
Affiliations
  • Montreal General Hospital (CA)
  • Jewish General Hospital (CA)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
  • Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
Corresponding author
Kopec, Jacek A.
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Venue
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1996-02
Volume
49
Issue
2
Pages
151-161
ISSN
0895-4356 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0895-4356(96)00526-4
OpenAlex
W2131636335
Cited by
242
References
57
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FWCI
2.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PhareSST (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
Keywords
Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale, back pain, functional disability, disability assessment, patient-reported outcome measures, item response theory, scale development, factor analysis, test-retest reliability, item-total correlation
MeSH terms
Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Back Pain, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Disabled Persons, Persons with Disabilities, Health Status, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Pilot Projects, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Discriminant Analysis

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