Article

Objective: To cross-culturally adapt the Danish version of the Shoulder Pain and
Disability Index and to evaluate its measurement properties in terms of
reliability and known-group validity. Design: Test-retest study. Setting:
Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Regional Hospital
Herning, Denmark. Subjects: Consecutive shoulder patients referred to an
outpatient clinic. Methods:
The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index was translated
from English into Danish according to international guidelines. The questionnaire
was posted to patients one to two weeks before their scheduled clinical
examination and repeated on the day of the examination. Results: A total of 65
patients with a variety of shoulder diagnoses were included in the study. No
significant differences were found in scores between the first and the second
questionnaire. The minimal detectable change was estimated to 19.4 points, and
the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.88 (95% confidence interval 0.83 to
0.94). Internal consistency measured by Cronbach's alpha was 0.94. The
questionnaire was found to discriminate well between currently working and
non-working patients. Conclusion: The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index provides
a sensitive and reliable tool to assess pain and disability in Danish-speaking
orthopaedic shoulder patients.

Langue : ANGLAIS