Linguistic Reliability & Validity of Urdu Version of Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire in Patients with Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain: Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire in Patients with Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain

Amber  Shabbir; Muhammad  Imran; Muhammad  Kamran; Ahmad Wassi; Haroon  Amin; Asma  Balqees; Qurat ul  Ain; Hira  Tariq; Mahtab  Ahmad; Irfan  Ullah

doi:10.54393/pbmj.v5i7.627

Authors

Amber Shabbir Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences, Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Imran Dr. Akhtar Saeed College of Nursing, Islamabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Kamran Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences, Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan
Ahmad Wassi Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences, Riphah International University Faisalabad, Pakistan
Haroon Amin Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences, Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan
Asma Balqees Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences, Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan
Qurat ul Ain Department of Physical Therapy, The Limit Institute of Health Sciences Sahiwal, Pakistan
Hira Tariq Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences, Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan
Mahtab Ahmad Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Riphah International College Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Irfan Ullah Department of Life Sciences, School of Science, University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v5i7.627

Keywords:

Chronic low back pain, LBP, Validity, Reliability, Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (U-RMDQ)

Abstract

Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) is a self-administered tool that produces reliable measurements for drawing implications about disability. Urdu form of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (U-RMDQ) is considered apprehensive for the population of Pakistan. Furthermore, the Urdu version of this tool is consistent in reliability, validity & content continuity with the English original version. Objective: The aims of the current study were to assess the reliability, validity & utility of the Urdu form of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) in participants with chronic nonspecific low back pain. Methods: This study design was qualitative tool validation. The sampling technique employed was non-random convenience sampling with 100 individuals including both females and males within the age of 20 years to 70 years. Out of 100, 25 were healthy & 75 were patients Measurements were taken at baseline followed by another measurement after 24 hours. The study was completed in three stages; content validity was evaluated through the content validity index in the first stage, a pilot study was run to evaluate reliability & validity in the second stage followed by an evaluation of patients presenting with low back pain using Urdu version of (U-RMDQ) in the third stage. Data were collected through the Urdu version of the (U-RMDQ). Afterward, IBM SPSS version 25.0 was used to analyze the data. Results: -retest reliability depicted with Intra-class Correlation Coefficient was 0.684 for healthy individuals while 0.998 for participants with non-specific chronic LBP. The outcomes clearly express the tool reliability for the assessment of disability in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain. An Independent t-test was employed to check the different validity, results showed the significant differences in means of all variables between both groups thereby producing <.05 two-tailed significance of all variables. After factor analysis of samples of 100 patients, Kaiser-Meyer Olkin (KMO) was 0.872 & p-value <0.05 showed the significance of the test. Five variables in (U-RMDQ) were responsible for variance in data. Conclusion: The study concluded the Urdu version of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument to evaluate disability associated with chronic non-specific low back pain.

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