Chinese version of the Constant-Murley questionnaire for shoulder pain and disability: a reliability and validation study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Short Report

Shao-dan Cheng¹  Xiao-chun Hu²  Ying Zhang²  Bao-ping Xu³  Yue-li Sun³  Min Yao³  Xue-jun Cui³  Jing Wang³  Long Yang³  Yong-jun Wang⁴  Zuo-yuan Cao⁵  Shuang-lin Tian⁶ 

[1] Department of Neck Shoulder Waist and Leg Pain, Shanghai Guanghua integrative medicine Hospital, No. 540, Xinhua road, 200052, Shanghai, China;Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, No. 415, Fengyang road, 200003, Shanghai, China;Institute of Spine Disease, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 725, Wanping south road, 200032, Shanghai, China;Key Laboratory of Theory and Therapy of Muscles and Bones, Ministry of Education (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), No. 725, Wanping south road, 200032, Shanghai, China;Institute of Spine Disease, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 725, Wanping south road, 200032, Shanghai, China;Key Laboratory of Theory and Therapy of Muscles and Bones, Ministry of Education (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), No. 725, Wanping south road, 200032, Shanghai, China;Department of Orthopaedics, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1200 Cai Lun Road, 201203, Shanghai, China;Rheumatism Department, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 725, Wanping south road, 200032, Shanghai, China;Shanghai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 274, Zhijiang road, 200071, Shanghai, China;

关键词: Construct validity;    Internal consistency;    Shoulder pain;    Constant-Murley score;    Chinese version;    Reliability;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12955-017-0752-3

 received in 2016-12-10, accepted in 2017-08-31,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundShoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder in Chinese population, which affects more than 1,3 billion individuals. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no available Chinese-language version of measurements of shoulder pain and disability so far. Moreover, the Constant-Murley score (CMS) questionnaire is a universally recognized patient-reported questionnaire for clinical practice and research. The present study was designed to evaluate a Chinese translational version of CMS and subsequently assess its reliability and validity.MethodsThe Chinese translational version of CMS was formulated by means of forward-backward translation. Meanwhile, a final review was carried out by an expert committee, followed by conducting a test of the pre-final version. Therefore, the reliability and validity of the Chinese translational version of CMS could be assessed using the internal consistency, construct validity, factor analysis, reliability and floor and ceiling effects. Specifically, the reliability was assessed by testing the internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) and test-retest reliability (intraclass coefficient correlation [ICC]), while the construct validity was evaluated via comparison between the Chinese translational version of CMS with visual analog scale (VAS) score and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36, Spearman correlation).ResultsThe questionnaire was verified to be acceptable after distribution among 120 subjects with unilateral shoulder pain. Factor analysis had revealed a two-factor and 10-item solution. Moreover, the assessment results indicated that the Chinese translational version of CMS questionnaire harbored good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = 0.739) and test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.827). In addition, the Chinese translational version of CMS was moderately correlated with VAS score (r = 0.497) and SF-36 (r = 0.135). No obvious floor and ceiling effects were observed in the Chinese translational version of CMS questionnaire.ConclusionChinese translational version of CMS exhibited good reliability, which is relatively acceptable and is likely to be widely used in this population.

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