Mbada C E, Adeulure T G, Idowu O A, Oyewole O O, Odole A C, Afolabi T O, Afolabi A D, Johnson O E, Akindele-Agbeja O B, Fatoye F
Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Benin, Nigeria.
Ann Ig. 2021 Sep-Oct;33(5):443-455. doi: 10.7416/ai.2021.2448.
The Y-SBT have acceptable psychometric properties. It is recommended for use among Yoruba speaking patients with LBP.
Translating questionnaires into local languages is essential as it aids easy accessibility and understanding of such questionnaires by patients and their health caregivers. The STarT Back Tool (SBT), validated tool used to classify subgroups of persons with Low-Back Pain, has few translated versions. We translated the STarT Back Tool into the Yoruba language and established its psychometric properties among patients with long-term non-specific Low-Back Pain.
Following the Lenz protocol, the SBT was successfully cross-culturally adapted into the Yoruba language. One hundred consenting patients (mean age = 57.0±11.43 years, 55% females) took part in the validation phase, while 53 of them participated in the test-retest phase. Psychometric indices of the Y-SBT assessed showed internal consistency, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), ceiling and floor effects and divergent validity.
The sub- and total Cronbach's α score for Y-SBT was 0.704 and 0.857, respectively. The test-retest reliability of the sub- and total scores of the Y-SBT yielded an ICC of 0.82 (95% CI: 0.74 - 0.87) and 0.89 (95% CI: 0.84 - 0.93), respectively. The divergent validity for sub- and total-scores of the Y-SBT based on Quadruple Visual Analogue Scale score for on-going pain was r = 0.374 (p = 0.001) and r = 0.432 (p = 0.001), respectively. The Y-SBT had no ceiling or floor effects.
约鲁巴语版的STarT Back工具（Y-SBT）具有可接受的心理测量学特性。建议在患有腰痛的约鲁巴语患者中使用。
将问卷翻译成当地语言至关重要，因为这有助于患者及其医护人员轻松获取和理解此类问卷。STarT Back工具（SBT）是用于对腰痛患者亚组进行分类的经过验证的工具，其翻译版本较少。我们将STarT Back工具翻译成约鲁巴语，并在患有长期非特异性腰痛的患者中确定其心理测量学特性。
按照伦茨协议，SBT成功地跨文化改编成约鲁巴语。100名同意参与的患者（平均年龄=57.0±11.43岁，55%为女性）参与了验证阶段，其中53人参与了重测阶段。对Y-SBT评估的心理测量指标显示了内部一致性、组内相关系数（ICC）、天花板效应和地板效应以及区分效度。
Y-SBT的子量表和总量表的克朗巴赫α系数分别为0.704和0.857。Y-SBT子量表和总量表得分的重测信度得出的ICC分别为0.82（95%置信区间：0.74 - 0.87）和0.89（95%置信区间：0.84 - 0.93）。基于持续疼痛的四重视觉模拟量表得分，Y-SBT子量表和总量表得分的区分效度分别为r = 0.374（p = 0.001）和r = 0.432（p = 0.001）。Y-SBT没有天花板效应或地板效应。
