Prajjwal Priyadarshi, Ranjan Raunak, Chouhan Swati, Solanki Rajvardhan Singh, Lodha Anish Manoj, Choudhari Himanshi, Krishna Kavita, Kansurkar Sandeep
Intern, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College, Pune, India.
Department of Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College, Pune, India.
Musculoskeletal Care. 2025 Jun;23(2):e70097. doi: 10.1002/msc.70097.
Musculoskeletal (MSK) health relates to one's dexterity and locomotor capability. Any compromise in MSK function leads to loss of quality of life and productivity. MSK health has a significant impact on sleep and psychological wellness. Composite instruments are required to assess MSK Health and its overall impact on quality of life. Versus arthritis, the musculoskeletal health questionnaire (MSK-HQ) is one such composite score which was originally designed and validated in English. It is being widely used and translated into many Asian and European languages. There is a scarcity of such a tool in local languages from India. Hindi is the third most common spoken language in the world. Around 615 million people from India can communicate in Hindi. Hence, we decided to translate and adapt this tool to Hindi and measure its psychometric properties.
We translated the MSK-HQ to Hindi (MSK-HQ-Hi) as per the Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) guidelines. We tested its consistency, reliability and construct validity. We compared it with other scores for health status such as EQ-5D-5L and overall health by visual analogue scale (VAS).
We studied the application of the score in 143 subjects attending musculoskeletal clinics who can read and understand Hindi. Mean age was 45.1 ± 17 years. It showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.93) and excellent test-retest reliability (Spearman's ρ = 0.94, p < 0.005). For construct validity, we found a strong correlation between MSK-HQ-Hi and EQ-5D-5L values (Spearman's ρ = 0.92, p < 0.001). There was also a good correlation between MSK-HQ-Hi and overall health by VAS (Spearman's ρ = 0.71, p < 0.001).
MSK-HQ-Hi demonstrated good consistency, reliability and construct validity in measuring musculoskeletal health of subjects who can understand Hindi. It can be a valuable tool for the benefit of a large number of patients attending musculoskeletal clinics in India.
肌肉骨骼（MSK）健康与一个人的灵活性和运动能力相关。MSK功能的任何损害都会导致生活质量和生产力的下降。MSK健康对睡眠和心理健康有重大影响。需要综合工具来评估MSK健康及其对生活质量的总体影响。与关节炎相关的肌肉骨骼健康问卷（MSK-HQ）就是这样一种综合评分工具，它最初是用英文设计并验证的。它被广泛使用并翻译成多种亚洲和欧洲语言。在印度的当地语言中缺乏这样的工具。印地语是世界上第三大常用语言。来自印度的约6.15亿人会说印地语。因此，我们决定将这个工具翻译成印地语并进行改编，然后测量其心理测量特性。
我们按照卫生经济与结果研究专业协会（ISPOR）的指南将MSK-HQ翻译成印地语（MSK-HQ-Hi）。我们测试了它的一致性、可靠性和结构效度。我们将其与其他健康状况评分，如EQ-5D-5L以及通过视觉模拟量表（VAS）评估的总体健康状况进行比较。
我们研究了该评分在143名能阅读和理解印地语的肌肉骨骼诊所就诊者中的应用。平均年龄为45.1±17岁。它显示出良好的内部一致性（Cronbach's α = 0.93）和出色的重测信度（Spearman's ρ = 0.94，p < 0.005）。对于结构效度，我们发现MSK-HQ-Hi与EQ-5D-5L值之间有很强的相关性（Spearman's ρ = 0.92，p < 0.001）。MSK-HQ-Hi与通过VAS评估的总体健康状况之间也有良好的相关性（Spearman's ρ = 0.71，p < 0.001）。
MSK-HQ-Hi在测量能理解印地语的受试者的肌肉骨骼健康方面表现出良好的一致性、可靠性和结构效度。它可以成为造福印度大量肌肉骨骼诊所患者的有价值工具。
