Translation of Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale Into Local Languages of Pakistan.

Launched by RIPHAH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · Apr 1, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale is a first-hand measure of functional disability for patients with back pain. It distinguishes itself from other published scales as it has an approach that deals with the concepts of disability and its assessment. Its major aim is to be a responsive measure of functional disability in back pain. Quebec back pain disability Questionnaire has unique strong characteristics that are quite feasibly used and have good identification properties regarding Low Back Pain. There is extensive usage, applicability, and validity of QBPDS in research and clinical pra...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients both male and female having age group equal or \>18,
• • should be able to read the questionnaire that is in their native language(Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi and Pashto) and
• • diagnosed with nonspecific low back pain for more than 3 months.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Any serious conditions like neurological conditions which would not allow the patient to fill the questionnaire independently,
• • any infection, tumor, spinal surgery, cognitive impairments, or any other rheumatologic disease would be excluded.
• • Any issues in understanding or expressing the native language (Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi or Sindhi) will be excluded.