[en] Pain physiology education is an important component in the management of patients with chronic
musculoskeletal pain. The Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire (NPQ) was developed in English to
assess pain physiology knowledge in patients. This study aimed to translate the NPQ into French
(NPQ-Fr) and to investigate the main psychometric properties of the NPQ-Fr. The translation was
performed using the best practice translation guidelines. One hundred and one French-speaking
patients with chronic non-specific spinal pain completed the NPQ-Fr to assess its acceptability and
presence of floor/ceiling effects and test its dimensionality. The construct validity was tested by
comparing the patients’ NPQ-Fr scores to those of 17 physiotherapists and investigating its correlation
with subscales of the Short Form-36 questionnaire. The reliability (i.e., internal consistency and testretest
reliability) was also investigated. To test the test-retest reliability, 70 patients were asked to
complete the NPQ-Fr twice with one week in between. Regarding the NPQ-Fr psychometric properties:
1) acceptability was good; 2) internal consistency reached a Cronbach α-coefficient of 0.44; 3) no
floor and ceiling effects were observed in patients; 4) a principal factor analysis generated three major
factors; 5) construct validity was good; and 6) reliability was acceptable (intraclass correlation
coefficient = 0.644; standard error of measurement = 1.5). The NPQ-Fr has satisfactory basic psychometric
properties in patients with chronic spinal pain.
Disciplines :
Neurology Public health, health care sciences & services
Author, co-author :
Demoulin, Christophe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Kinésithérapie spécifique et réadaptation motrice
Brasseur, Pauline
Roussel, Nathalie
Brereton, Clara ; Université de Liège - ULiège > ISLV : Enseignements facultaires des langues étrangères
Humblet, Fabienne ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Flynn, Daniel
Van Beveren, Julien
Osinsky, Thomas
Donneau, Anne-Françoise ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Biostatistique
Crielaard, Jean-Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Département des sciences de la motricité
Vanderthommen, Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Kinésithérapie spécifique et réadaptation motrice
Bruyère, Olivier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Language :
English
Title :
Cross-cultural translation, validity, and reliability of the French version of the Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
ISSN :
0959-3985
eISSN :
1532-5040
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, United States - Pennsylvania
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