1. Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Urdu version of the avoidance endurance behavior questionnaire in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.
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Fatima, Sahar, Asif, Mohammad Musa, Zaheer, Anna, Arslan, Syed Asadullah, Qurat-Ul-Ain, Asifa, and Farooq, Ayesha Ahmad
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FEAR , *LANGUAGE & languages , *PEARSON correlation (Statistics) , *PAIN measurement , *MUSCULOSKELETAL pain , *CHRONIC pain , *CRONBACH'S alpha , *ISLAM , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RESEARCH methodology evaluation , *TRANSLATIONS , *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation , *PAIN threshold , *PSYCHOMETRICS , *RESEARCH methodology , *STATISTICAL reliability , *INTRACLASS correlation , *AVOIDANCE (Psychology) , *CULTURAL pluralism , *PATIENTS' attitudes - Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Avoidance Endurance Questionnaire (AEQ) successfully measures the fear-avoidance and endurance-related responses to chronic pain. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to translate, cross-culturally adapt AEQ into Urdu and assess the reliability and validity of the Urdu version. METHOD: For the translation and cross-cultural adaptation process, the Beaton Guidelines were followed. A total of 103 participants responded to the Urdu version of the AEQ SF-12, Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) at baseline and after 48 hours. The test-retest reliability was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Cronbach's alpha was used to measure internal consistency. To measure validity, Pearson's correlation between the subscales of AEQ-Urdu and other outcome measures (SF-12, PCS and NPRS scores) were used (p < 0.05). RESULTS: The mean age of the total 103 participants was 32.7 ± 10.90 among which 45 (43.6%) were male and 58 (56.3%) were female. The pre-final version of the translated AEQ was tested on 40 Urdu speaking participants and no major changes were made. The Cronbach's alpha for all subscales of the AEQ-Urdu ranged from 0.848–0.990. AEQ-U showed an excellent test-retest reliability with the ICC ranging from 0.775–0.996. The majority of the subscales of AEQ showed significant (p < 0.05) positive correlation with pain scales (PCS and NPRS) and negative correlation with the domains of SF-12. CONCLUSION: The AEQ-U has reliable and valid construct validity, good internal consistency, and test-retest reliability, indicating that it has adequate psychometric features and can be a useful tool for evaluating pain responses in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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