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Table 4 Psychometric properties of the neck bournemouth questionnaire

From: Patient-reported outcome measures for non-specific neck pain validated in the Italian-language: a systematic review

Authors, year (language)

Population

Sample size

Dimensionality

Internal consistency

Reliability

Validity

Responsiveness

Distribution-based methods

Anchor-based methods

Bolton & Humphreys, 2002 (English) [76]

NP

102

–

α = .87–.92

ICC = .65

r = .50–.71 NDI

r = .44–.63 CNFDS

ES = 1.67

SRM = 1.43

–

Bolton, 2004 (English) [80]

NP

71

–

–

–

–

ES = 1.67

SRM = 1.01

RCI (>1.96) = 13 points

Gay et al, 2007 (English) [59]

Chronic NP > 3 months

23

–

α = .85–.89

–

r = .77–.80 NDI

r = .37–.62 VAS-P

ES = 1.28

SRM = 1.17

–

Martel et al, 2009 (French) [77]

Chronic NP

68

–

–

r = .97 (95 % CI95–.98)

ICC = .97 (95 % CI.95–.98)

r = .61–.67 NDI

ES = .56

SRM = .61

RCI (>1.96) = 4.4 points

Soklic et al, 2012

(German) [78]

NP

102

–

α = .79–.82

ICC = .99 (95 % CI.98–.99)

r = .68–.76 NDI

r = .69–.80 NPDS

SRM = .73–1.20

–

Geri et al, 2014

(Italian) [23]

Chronic NP

>3 months

96

2 factors: pain & functioning (F#1); anxiety & depression (F#2)

Total score: α = .89 (95 % CI.84–.92)

F#1: α = .88 (95 % CI.83–.92)

F#2:α = .90 (95 % CI.86–.94)

–

r = .67–.70 NPDS

r = .63–.73 NRS

–

MCID = 5.5 points

AUC = .72 (Sens. 75 %; Spec. 60 %)

Geri et al, 2015 (Italian) [79]

Chronic NP

161

2 factors: pain & functioning (F#1); anxiety & depression (F#2)

PSI (F#1) = .80

PSI (F#2) = .77

–

–

–

–

  1. α Cronbach’s alpha, AUC area under the curve, CI confidence interval, CNFDS copenhagen neck functional disability scale, ES effect size, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, MCID minimal clinically important difference, NDI neck disability index, NP neck pain, NPDS neck pain and disability scale, NRS numerical rating scale, PSI person separation index, r correlation coefficient, RCI reliable change index, Sens sensibility, Spec specificity, SRM standardized response mean, VAS-P visual analogue scale for pain