Cancer; Neurophysiology of pain questionnaire (NPQ); Pain education; Pain mechanisms; Complementary and Manual Therapy; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation; Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Abstract :
[en] Background: Understanding pain and its mechanisms can play an important role in (post-) cancer rehabilitation. In order to test patient's knowledge of pain, the Revised Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire was developed and translated into Dutch (RNPQ-NL). However, its psychometric properties have not been examined yet. Objective: The goal is to examine the psychometric properties of the RNPQ-NL as a tool to measure the knowledge of pain; in addition, its cross-cultural validity between Belgian and Dutch participants is examined. Methods: 277 persons from Belgium and the Netherlands participated in this study. Cancer patients and survivors (CPaS) (n = 115) were compared to a group of experts with medical training (n = 97). Highly educated individuals without medical background (n = 65) served as control group. The RNPQ-NL was filled out twice and scores analysed in accordance with the COSMIN-recommendation for assessing the methodological quality of studies on measurement properties of health status instruments. Results: The RNPQ-NL was able to distinguish between high and low knowledge of pain. The CPaS group scored significantly lower on the RNPQ-NL compared to the expert group (p < 0.001), but not in comparison to the control group (p=1.00). The Belgian CPaS scored lower than the Dutch CPaS (p=0.001), with a medium effect size (d = 0.481), showing acceptable cross-cultural validity. The Cronbach's α was 0.625, showing some heterogeneity of the items. The test-retest reliability was adequate (ICC = 0.794). Conclusion: This study supports the interpretability, test-retest reliability, discriminative, and cross-cultural validity of the RNPQ-NL. Internal consistency is suboptimal but acceptable for measuring the knowledge of pain in CPaS.
Disciplines :
Orthopedics, rehabilitation & sports medicine
Author, co-author :
Reynebeau, Iris; Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
van Buchem, Bart; Praktijk Noorder Spaarne, Haarlem, Netherlands ; Noigroup Ltd, Adelaide, Australia
Leysen, Laurence; Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium ; STIMULUS Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Munneke, Wouter ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Evaluation-Revalidation (EVAREVA) ; Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Nijs, Jo ; Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium ; Department of Health and Rehabilitation, Unit of Physiotherapy, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden ; Chronic Pain Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Physiotherapy, University Hospital Brussels, Belgium
Roose, Eva ; Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium ; Rehabilitation Research (RERE) Research Group, Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physiotherapy (KIMA), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium ; Universiteit Hasselt, REVAL, Agoralaan-gebouw A, Diepenbeek, Belgium
Lahousse, Astrid ; Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium ; Rehabilitation Research (RERE) Research Group, Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physiotherapy (KIMA), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
De Kooning, Margot ; Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the revised neurophysiology of pain questionnaire
AL is a research fellow funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Belgium (grant number 11B1920N). ER is funded by Stand Up To Cancer (Kom op tegen Kanker \u2013 KOTK), a Belgian cancer charity (project code ANI251). JN is holder of a chair on oncological rehabilitation funded by the Berekuyl Academy / European College for Decongestive Lymphatic Therapy, the Netherlands.
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