Cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the standardised Nordic questionnaire Spanish version in musicians

Background: The Standardised Nordic Questionnaire (SNQ) is an instrument to analyse the musculoskeletal symptoms in an ergonomic or occupational health context. We aimed to cross-culturally adapt and evaluate the psychometric properties of the SNQ among Spanish musicians. Methods: Cross-cultural ada...

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Authors: Gómez Rodríguez, Rosa, Díaz Pulido, Belén, Gutiérrez Ortega, Carlos, Sánchez Sánchez, Beatriz|||0000-0002-0223-9707, Torres Lacomba, María|||0000-0002-7051-3130
Format: article
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repository:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/64964
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/64964
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020653
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Standardised Nordic Questionnaire
Reliability
Validity
Validation
Musculoskeletal symptoms
Spanish
Musicians
Fisioterapia
Physical therapy
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Summary:Background: The Standardised Nordic Questionnaire (SNQ) is an instrument to analyse the musculoskeletal symptoms in an ergonomic or occupational health context. We aimed to cross-culturally adapt and evaluate the psychometric properties of the SNQ among Spanish musicians. Methods: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation (reliability, validity, and feasibility) was performed. Reliability was analysed by test-retest reliability (Cohen’s Kappa) and internal consistency (Kuder–Richardson). Content and face validity were measured by the Expert Committee and the opinion of participants. Construct validity (Mann–Whitney U test) was measured by comparing with questionnaires used to assess pain and disability in neck, shoulders, upper back, andlowbackregions. Feasibilitywascalculatedwiththeaverageresponsetime. Results: Atotalof312 Spanish musicians were included. The Spanish version of SNQ achieved good semantic, conceptual, idiomatic, and content equivalence. For most of the variables, test-retest reliability was good to very good (k = 0.60–0.81). The internal consistency showed good to acceptable (Kuder–Richardson 20 (KR20) = 0.737–0.873). Participants with versus without musculoskeletal problems in a related region showed significantly higher disability/pain, indicating a good construct validity. About the feasibility, the average response time of the questionnaire was 6 min ( 2). Conclusions: The results show that the Spanish SNQ is reliable, valid, and feasible screening tool to assess musculoskeletal problems among musicians.