Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2011 Oct;26(10):1364-70.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.10.1364. Epub 2011 Oct 1.

Psychometric characteristics of the Korean version of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire

Jeeyoun Moon  1 , Yong Chul Kim, Soo Young Park, Sang Chul Lee, Seung Pyo Choi, Francis Sahngun Nahm, Pyung Bok Lee, Eui Kyung Goo, Jong-Man Kang
Affiliations

Psychometric characteristics of the Korean version of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire

Jeeyoun Moon et al. J Korean Med Sci. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

The aims of this study were; 1) to develop the final version of the Korean Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ), and 2) to compare the responsiveness between the RDQ and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores in patients having low back pain. The psychometric properties of the final Korean RDQ were evaluated in 221 patients. Among them, 30 patients were reliability tested. Validity was evaluated using an 11-point numerical rating scale (NRS) and the Korean ODI. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of the RDQ and the ODI was compared in 54 patients with lumbar zygapophyseal (facet) joint pain. There was a moderate relationship between the RDQ and NRS (r = 0.59, P < 0.01) and a strongly positive correlation between the RDQ and the ODI (r = 0.76, P < 0.001). The Korean RDQ with the higher area under the ROC curve showed a better overall responsive performance than did the ODI in patients with lumbar facet joint pain after medial branch radiofrequency neurotomy (P < 0.01). The results of the study present the final version of the Korean RDQ is valid for assessing functional status in a Korean population with chronic low back pain.

Keywords: Low Back Pain; Oswestry Disability Index; Psychometric Properties; Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Bland Altman plot for test-retest reliability of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire: mean-against-difference graph. For each subject (n = 30), the mean of the 2 scores on the Korean RDQ at baseline (T0) and after 4-9 days (T1) and the difference between these time points (T1-T0) are plotted against each other.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Area under the receiver operating characteristic curves for the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire and Oswestry Disability Index at one month.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Andersson GB. Epidemiological features of chronic low-back pain. Lancet. 1999;354:581–585. - PubMed
    1. Deyo RA, Battie M, Beurskens AJ, Bombardier C, Croft P, Koes B, Malmivaara A, Roland M, Von Korff M, Waddell G. Outcome measures for low back pain research. A proposal for standardized use. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1998;23:2003–2013. - PubMed
    1. Mannion AF, Junge A, Taimela S, Müntener M, Lorenzo K, Dvorak J. Active therapy for chronic low back pain: part 3. factors influencing self-rated disability and its change following therapy. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2001;26:920–929. - PubMed
    1. Airaksinen O, Brox JI, Cedraschi C, Hildebrandt J, Klaber-Moffett J, Kovacs F, Mannion AF, Reis S, Staal JB, Ursin H, Zanoli G COST B13 Working Group on Guidelines for Chronic Low Back Pain. Chapter 4. European guidelines for the management of chronic nonspecific low back pain. Eur Spine J. 2006;15(Suppl 2):S192–S300. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Roland M, Fairbank J. The Roland-Morris disability questionnaire and the oswestry disability questionnaire. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2000;25:3115–3124. - PubMed