Italian Version of the Physical Therapy Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties

Abstract

The PTPSQ-I(15) showed good psychometric properties, and its use can be recommended with Italian-speaking outpatient populations.

Effectiveness of Global Postural Re-education in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial

“…40,41 Furthermore, co-activation of agonists and antagonists have been observed. 42 We can hypothesize that GPR sessions may promote a pattern of muscle activation that has positive consequences on cervical ROM 43 and may enhance the recruitment of the deep cervical flexor muscles.…”

Satisfaction measurement instruments for healthcare service users: a systematic review

“…Even though patient satisfaction has been widely studied in healthcare, no gold standard instrument or even a validated instrument was found for many different contexts 20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56 . The option to develop new instruments by the healthcare organizations can reflect the specificity of each culture or health settings, but, at the same time, this phenomenon can show a gap in state-of-the-art approaches in this area.…”

“…All instruments found were developed in the English language and there were only six cross-cultural adaptation papers 26,30,32,33,34,35 . The adaptation process to other languages and cultures is not simple and the scrutiny made by different researches on distinct sociocultural contexts would help to develop a reliable instrument 61,62,63 .…”

“…The most frequent study design observed was instrument validation and only six cross-cultural adaptations were found 26,30,32,33,34,35 (Table 1). …”

Questionnaire on body awareness of postural habits in young people: construction and validation

“…Difficulties were observed in finding validated instruments in the same language and with the same concepts or contents, which prejudiced verification of the concurrent validity [30].…”