The ProFitMap-neck - a questionnaire for measuring symptoms and functional limitations in neck pain: reliability, validity and cross-cultural adaptation of the Turkish version

Abstract

Background/aim: The Profile Fitness Mapping neck questionnaire (ProFitMap-neck) is a reliable and valid assessment instrument for measuring neck-related symptoms and functional limitations in people with neck pain, but a Turkish version of it had not been published. The purpose of this study was to investigate the adaptation, validity, and intrarater reliability of the Turkish version of the ProFitMap-neck. Materials and methods: Two hundred and thirty-five individuals with chronic neck pain were enrolled in the study. Intrarater reliability was assessed by intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Cronbach's alpha was calculated for internal consistency. For concurrent validity, ProFitMap-neck scores were compared with neck disability index (NDI) and visual analoguepain scale (VAS) scores using Pearson's correlation coefficient analysis. The ProFitMap-neck, NDI, VAS, and short form health survey (SF-36) were administered to all participants. Results: For intrarater analysis, ICC ranged between 0.72 and 0.84. The total score was 0.83, indicating excellent reliability. The correlation of the ProFitMap-neck with NDI and VAS was 0.71 and 0.68, respectively, indicating good concurrent validity. Conclusion: The ProFitMap-neck is an evaluation instrument with sufficient validity and reliability to be used for evaluating Turkish patients with neck pain. Use of this scale can reveal how, how often, and how much these patients' pain affects their symptoms and functional activities.

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“…Low scores indicate more symptoms and functional limitations. A study confirmed the validity and reliability of the Turkish adaptation of this questionnaire as well [23].…”

Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity tests of the Chinese version of the Profile Fitness Mapping neck questionnaire

“…The present study showed adequate internal consistency of the CHN-ProFitMap-neck (Cronbach’s α > 0.8) [ 31 ], which was consistent with previous studies (the original ProFitMap-neck: Cronbach’s α = 0.88–0.96 [ 16 ]; the Turkish ProFitMap-neck: Cronbach’s α = 0.89–0.960 [ 20 ]; the Brazilian Portuguese ProFitMap-neck (Br-ProFitMap-neck): Cronbach’s α = 0.75–0.76 [ 19 ]).…”

“…The present study found good test-retest reliability of the CHN-ProFitMap-neck (ICC = 0.78–0.85). Good test-retest reliability was identified by ICC values (0.78–0.85), which were similar to ICC values in the Turkish study (0.73–0.84) [ 20 ] and the original ProFitMap-neck study (0.80–0.91) [ 16 ], because these studies had a similar interval period (1 week) [ 16 , 20 ]. However, the ICC values were higher in the Br-ProFitMap-neck study (0.97 - 0.98) [ 19 ] because the interval period was much shorter (5 hours), allowing for better control of variables.…”

“…The calculation of scores could be seen in the original ProFitMap-neck study [ 16 ]. The ProFitMap-neck has proved to be an instrument with good reliability and validity in the assessment of neck pain [ 16 , 19 , 20 ].…”

“…Given the ever-increasing trend for comprehensive assessment of CNP, it is essential to culturally adapt the ProFitMap-neck to further clinical practice. To our best knowledge, the ProFitMap-neck was only translated and culturally adapted into Brazilian Portuguese [ 19 ] and Turkish [ 20 ]. This study aimed to translate and adapt the ProFitMap-neck into the Chinese version (CHN-ProFitMap-neck) and to investigate its psychometric properties by reliability and validity tests.…”