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NCT Number: NCT03164824

Thai Version of Functional Rating Index

The purposes of this study were to conduct cross-cultural adaptation of the Functional Rating Index (FRI), to test psychometric properties of the translated questionnaire and to examine head-to-head comparisons with other questionnaires.

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Key information

Conditions

Questionnaire

Age range

18 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

About this study

This study comprised 2 major stages: 1) Cross-cultural adaptation and 2) psychometric properties testing.

Cross-cultural adaptation stage:

The FRI was cross-culturally adapted to Thai following the well-accepted guideline for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measure.

Psychometric properties testing stage:

The patients with back or neck pain completed the questionnaires at the first visit, the second visit and at 2-week (or at discharge or when reporting 80% improvement from the first visit).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

The participants were eligible if they were:

  • aged 18 years or older
  • seeking physical therapy treatment for a complaint of back and/or neck pain
  • able to understand, read, speak and write Thai

Exclusion criteria

The participants who were not willing to take part in the study, unable to understand, read, speak and write Thai were excluded from this study.

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaire

Other

Cross-cultural adaptation stage:

The FRI was cross-culturally adapted to Thai (called the Thai FRI) and the pre-final version of the Thai FRI was administered to patients.

Psychometric properties testing stage:

The questionnaires were administered 3 times: the first visit, the second visit and at 2 weeks.

At the first visit: the patients with back pain completed the Thai FRI , Thai Roland-Morris Disability (Thai RM), Thai modified Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability (Thai modified ODQ), Thai multi-level Roland-Morris Disability (Thai multi-level RM). The patients with neck pain completed the Thai FRI and Thai Neck Disability Index.

At the second visit: all patients completed the Thai FRI and Global Perceived Effect Scale (GPES).

At 2 weeks: the patients completed the same questionnaires as the first visit. All patients and their treating physical therapists completed the GPES.

Primary outcomes

  1. questionnaire scores at the first visit

    Time frame: 20-25 minutes each time

    Back pain group: questionnaire scores from the Thai FRI, Thai RM, Thai modified ODQ, Thai multi-level RM; Neck pain group: questionnaire scores from the Thai FRI and Thai Neck Disability Index

Secondary outcomes

  1. questionnaire scores at the second visit

    Time frame: 5 minutes each time

    questionnaire scores from the Thai FRI

  2. Global Perceived Effect Scale (GPES) at the second visit

    Time frame: 3 minutes each time

    7-point GPES

  3. questionnaire scores at 2 weeks

    Time frame: 20-25 minutes each time

    Back pain group: questionnaire scores from the Thai FRI, Thai RM, Thai modified ODQ, Thai multi-level RM; Neck pain group: Thai FRI, Thai Neck Disability Index

  4. Global Perceived Effect Scale (GPES) at 2 weeks

    Time frame: 3 minutes each time

    7-point GPES

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Mahidol University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Thai Version of the Functional Rating Index for Patients With Back and Neck Pain: Cross-cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties Testing

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
May 24, 2017
Registry last updated
May 24, 2017

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