Department of Physical Medicine and Rheumatology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010 Jun 1;11:107. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-107.
Patients suffering from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome commonly complain of substantial limitations in their activities of daily living. The Radboud Skills Questionnaire measures alterations in the level of disability of patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, but this instrument is currently not available in German. The goals of our study were to translate the Dutch Radboud Skills Questionnaire into German and to assess its external criterion validity with the German version of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire.
We translated the Radboud Skills Questionnaire according to published guidelines. Demographic data and validity were assessed in 57 consecutive patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 1 of the upper extremity. Information on age, duration of symptoms, type of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 1 and type of initiating event was obtained. We assessed the external criterion validity by comparing the German Radboud Skills Questionnaire and the German Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire and calculated the prediction intervals.
Score values ranged from 55.4 +/- 22.0 for the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire score and 140.1 +/- 39.2 for the Radboud Skills Questionnaire. We found a high correlation between the Radboud Skills Questionnaire and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire (R2 = 0.83).
This validation of the Radboud Skills Questionnaire demonstrates that this German version is a simple and accurate instrument to assess and quantify disabilities of patients suffering from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 1 of the upper extremity for clinical and research purposes.
患有复杂性区域疼痛综合征的患者通常会抱怨其日常生活活动受到严重限制。Radboud 技能问卷用于测量复杂性区域疼痛综合征患者的残疾程度变化，但目前尚无德语版。我们的研究目的是将荷兰语版 Radboud 技能问卷翻译成德语，并使用德国版上肢残疾问卷评估其外部标准效度。
我们根据已发表的指南翻译了 Radboud 技能问卷。在 57 例上肢复杂性区域疼痛综合征 1 型连续患者中评估了人口统计学数据和有效性。收集了年龄、症状持续时间、复杂性区域疼痛综合征 1 型的类型和起始事件的类型等信息。我们通过比较德国版 Radboud 技能问卷和德国版上肢残疾问卷评估了外部标准效度，并计算了预测区间。
上肢残疾问卷的评分范围为 55.4±22.0，Radboud 技能问卷的评分范围为 140.1±39.2。Radboud 技能问卷与上肢残疾问卷之间存在高度相关性（R2=0.83）。
Radboud 技能问卷的验证表明，德语版 Radboud 技能问卷是一种简单而准确的工具，可用于评估和量化上肢复杂性区域疼痛综合征 1 型患者的残疾程度，适用于临床和研究目的。
