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. 2024 Jan 26;12(3):324.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare12030324.

Development of a Novel Pictorial Questionnaire to Assess Knowledge and Behaviour on Ergonomics and Posture as Well as Musculoskeletal Pain in University Students: Validity and Reliability

Mona Salman  1 , Josette Bettany-Saltikov  2 , Gokulakannan Kandasamy  2 , Garikoitz Aristegui Racero  3
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Development of a Novel Pictorial Questionnaire to Assess Knowledge and Behaviour on Ergonomics and Posture as Well as Musculoskeletal Pain in University Students: Validity and Reliability

Mona Salman et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

Background: Good posture is characterised by neutral spinal alignment with high physiological and biomechanical efficiency together with low stress and strain. The purpose of this study was to assess the validity and reproducibility of the adult version of the Aristegui questionnaire in university students.

Materials and methods: The study was conducted in two parts. The first part assessed content validity of the questionnaire where five experts provided their feedback on the content of the questionnaire. The second part evaluated the reliability of the questionnaire among a convenience sample of 10 university students in a test-retest study.

Results: The content validity of the questionnaire was found to be excellent. Twenty-five out of twenty-seven items had an item content validity index higher than 0.79 (appropriate) and the scale content validity index was 0.93 (high). For the reliability, almost perfect agreements were found for nine items, substantial agreement for three questions, moderate agreement for one item and fair agreement for one item. The kappa coefficients ranged from 0.00 (slight) to 1.00 (perfect) for the items on behaviour.

Conclusions: The questionnaire was found to be a valid and reliable tool to measure the university students' knowledge regarding ergonomics and posture and postural behaviour as well as prevalence of musculoskeletal pain.

Keywords: behaviour; ergonomics; knowledge; musculoskeletal; pain; posture; reliability; students; university; validity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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The adult version of the Aristegui questionnaire.
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The adult version of the Aristegui questionnaire.
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The adult version of the Aristegui questionnaire.
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The adult version of the Aristegui questionnaire.
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The adult version of the Aristegui questionnaire.
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The content validated questionnaire.
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The content validated questionnaire.
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The content validated questionnaire.
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The content validated questionnaire.
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The content validated questionnaire.
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Content validation form.
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