Urdu Version of COPENHAGEN Neck Functional Disability Scale: Reliability and Validity Study

A Reliability and Validity Study of Urdu Version of COPENHAGEN Neck Functional Disability Scale in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

• The objective of the research is to do translation and to culturally familiarize the COPENHAGEN Neck Functional Disability Scale into the Urdu language.
• To investigate if the COPENHAGEN Neck Functional Disability Scale is reliable and validate in the Pakistani population with Chronic Neck pain.
• To check the correlation with Neck Disability Index, Neck Pain and Disability Scale.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Disability Physical

Detailed Description

The English version of the COPENHAGEN Neck Functional Disability Scale will be translated into Urdu and culturally adapted, as per a previous recommendation. The COPENHAGEN Neck Functional Disability Scale will be given to participants who have consented, and would be chosen based on convenience sampling and inclusion and exclusion criteria. The inter-observer and intra-observer reliability of the COPENHAGEN Neck Functional Disability Scale, Neck Pain and Disability Scale , and Neck Disability Index will be evaluated in this study. On the same day, the questionnaire will be filled out created two times. An Inter - observer assessment will be done with 2 hour break between distributions of questionnaires. The initial observer then will gather a third assessment over one-week period. For data entry and analysis, Statistical Package of Social Sciences Version 23 will be utilized. Internal consistency will be checked using the Cronbach alpha value, and test retest reliability will be assessed using the Intra-class coefficient.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 3000

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Punjab
    • Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, 38000
      • ripah international university

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Pakistani population with Chronic Neck pain will be part of the study.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• From 20 years Old to 60 Years Old
• Participants with chronic Neck pain
• The patient having minimum cervical ROM and pain.
• Patient not taking medicine.
• No intervention between the test-retest assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

To complete the forms because of a psychological Impairment, history or presence of;

• Rheumatic diseases, severe articulation inflammation, and cardiac disease.
• History of previous cervical or thoracic spine injury
• Any systematic disease with an unstable spine
• Illiteracy or lack of understanding of Urdu Language
• The presence of neurologic or musculoskeletal disorders other than the Neck Condition.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Ecologic or Community
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
COPENHAGEN Neck Functional Disability Scale	Item 1 & 5 on this three-dimensional scale assess pain severity, while items 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 assess disability in everyday tasks, while items 6, 9, 11, 13, and 14 assess social contacts and recreational activities. The entire score varies from 0 to 30	day 1
Neck Pain and Disability Scale	The Neck Pain and Disability Scale is a multidimensional form with 20 items that cover four dimensions: neck issues, pain intensity, the impact of neck pain on emotion, and the impact of neck pain on daily activities	day 1
Neck Disability Index	Neck Disability Index includes ten questions that assess pain intensity, personal care, lifting, reading, headaches, attention, work, driving, sleeping, and recreational activities. Every question is graded on a scale of 0 to 5 (no disability to total disability).	day 1

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Riphah International University
• Investigators: Study Chair: Muhammad Kashif, Riphah International University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 30, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 30, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): July 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 27, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 27, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): June 30, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 22, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 19, 2023
• Last Verified: December 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Validity; Reliability; Urdu Version; Neck Disability; COPENHAGEN Neck Functional Disability Scale
• Other Study ID Numbers: REC/FSD/0287

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