Concurrent Validation of the Banff Patella Instability Instrument to the Norwich Patellar Instability Score and the Kujala Score in Patients With Patellofemoral Instability.

BACKGROUND

The Banff Patella Instability Instrument (BPII) is a disease-specific, patient-reported, quality-of-life outcome measure designed to assess patients with patellofemoral instability. The iterative assessment of the validity, reliability, and responsiveness of a health-related patient-reported outcome measure is vital to the development of a high-quality evaluation tool.

PURPOSE

To assess the concurrent validity of the BPII to the Norwich Patellar Instability (NPI) score and the Kujala score.

STUDY DESIGN

Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2.

METHODS

A total of 74 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of recurrent patellofemoral instability completed the BPII, NPI, and Kujala scores at the initial orthopaedic consultation. A Pearson r correlation coefficient was computed to determine the relationship between each of these patient-reported outcomes.

RESULTS

There were statistically significant correlations between the BPII and the NPI score (r = -0.53; P < .001) as well as the BPII and the Kujala score (r = 0.50; P < .001).

CONCLUSION

This study demonstrated a moderately strong correlation of the BPII to other outcome measures used to evaluate patients with patellofemoral instability. This study adds further validity to the BPII in accordance with the COSMIN (COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments) guidelines.