Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of English start back screening tool into Bangla for patients with low back pain

Md Israt Hasan,Syed Mozaffar Ahmed

doi:10.3329/bsmmuj.v13i3.49265

Abstract

This study was intended to translate and culturally adapt the STarT back screening tool to produce an equivalent Bangla version. Total 58 patients with low back pain completed the newly developed Bangla version of STarT back screening tool and Bangla version of Ronald Morris Disability Questionnaire seven days apart. Reliability was assessed by internal consistency (Chronbach’s alpha for overall score 0.81 and for spychosocial subscale was 0.76) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient for overall score was 0.78 and for spychosocial subscale was 0.71). Reliability of Bangla version of STarT back screening tool was very good. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was carried out on the Bangla version of STarT back screening tool and Bangla version of RMDQ to assess construct validity (overall score was 0.88 and spychosocial subscale score was 0.83) which indicate a strong correlation between them. This study shows that the Bangla version of STarT back screening tool is a reliable, valid and culturally adapted responsive screening tool for the patients with low back pain.

Highlights

Low back pain is a costly musculoskeletal problem and major public health issue in today’s economically advanced world.[1]
The original version of the STarT back screening tool is available in the number of versions like English,[5] Arabic (Saudi Arab),[6] Chinese,[7] Danish,[8] Dutch,[9] Finnish,[10] French,[11] German,[12] Iranian,[13] Italian,[14] Brazillian,[15] Spanish,[16] Swedish,[17] isiZulu(South African).[18]
A substantial number of papers have been published on the psychometric properties, validity and reliability of the STarT back screening tool

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Introduction

Low back pain is a costly musculoskeletal problem and major public health issue in today’s economically advanced world.[1]. The importance for translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of STarT back screening tool from English to Bangla arises among the Bangla speaking people with low back pain due to growing international collaboration in clinical research and disability for proper rehabilitation program. The objective of this study was to develop a culturally adapted Bangla version of STarT back screening tool for use in Bangla speaking people. The developed Bangla version was applied in Bangladeshi patients with low back pain to study its acceptability, reliability and validity

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