Translation of Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale Into Local Languages of Pakistan.

April 1, 2021 updated by: Riphah International University

Cross-cultural Translation and Validation of the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale Into Local Languages of Pakistan.

The aim of the present study is to translate the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale into Pashto, Punjabi, Sindhi and Balochi languages. Along with validation of the translated versions by evaluating their validity and reliability in the people of Pakistan, speaking respective languages and suffering from low back pain. No such study has been previously conducted in the Pakistan region which translates the scale and follows the proper cross-culture adaptation.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Detailed Description

The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale is a first-hand measure of functional disability for patients with back pain. It distinguishes itself from other published scales as it has an approach that deals with the concepts of disability and its assessment. Its major aim is to be a responsive measure of functional disability in back pain. Quebec back pain disability Questionnaire has unique strong characteristics that are quite feasibly used and have good identification properties regarding Low Back Pain. There is extensive usage, applicability, and validity of QBPDS in research and clinical practice. Along with these factors the capability of the QBPDS to identify significant fluctuations in patient's condition, makes its use evidently advocated.

Quebec Pain disability scale, originally a French scale has been translated and validated into a few languages before. Previous studies have shown that the translation of the scale would end up giving a standard measure to be utilized in clinical practices and research studies while sanctioning clinicians and specialists to share information and to study effects of treatments in low back pain patients. Along with helping in appraisals of outcomes amongst various populations. So, to gather the best outcomes of this questionnaire in Pakistan region it is imperative to translate it into Pashto, Punjabi, Sindhi and Balochi hence the local languages.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

800

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

  • Name: Sana Hanif, MSPT(SPT*)

Study Locations

  • Pakistan
    • Punajb
      • Multan, Punajb, Pakistan, 60000
        • Recruiting
        • Ali Muhammad Memorial
        • Contact:
          • Abdul Wahab Majid, FCPS(Ortho)
          • Phone Number: 03216336100
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sana Hanif, MSPT

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

To meet inclusion criteria participants diagnosed with low back pain, clinically stable, and able to read the local language version of QBPDS. Then patient response will be checked on the translated versions

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients both male and female having age group equal or >18,
  • should be able to read the questionnaire that is in their native language(Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi and Pashto) and
  • diagnosed with nonspecific low back pain for more than 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any serious conditions like neurological conditions which would not allow the patient to fill the questionnaire independently,
  • any infection, tumor, spinal surgery, cognitive impairments, or any other rheumatologic disease would be excluded.
  • Any issues in understanding or expressing the native language (Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi or Sindhi) will be excluded.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Other
  • Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Cross-Cultural Translation of Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale into the local languages (Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Balochi)
Time Frame: 6 months
The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale is a first-hand measure of functional disability for patients with back pain. The scale has 20 items, representing six empirically derived categories of activities affected by back pain. It is an self-administered tool targeted on the population with Low back pain. It distinguishes itself from other published scales as it has an approach that deals with the concepts of disability and its assessment. Its translation is to be done in local languages of Pakistan through a rigorous and approved process
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
reliability and validity of translated versions
Time Frame: 6 months
To determine reliability and validity of cross-culturally adapted and the translated QBPDS versions in patients with low back pain of respective languages۔ Reliability or reproducibility refers to the ability of a measure to produce the same results when administered at two or more interval between different visits of the patient and validity is how accurate the results are. Thus these both are to measured through various parameters to validate the translated versions as appropriate and applicable.
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Riphah International University

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 30, 2021

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 1, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 1, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

April 5, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 5, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 1, 2021

Last Verified

April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • REC/00932 Sana Hanif

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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