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PURPOSE: To assess overall reliability and validity of a neck-specific
questionnaire, the Profile Fitness Mapping neck questionnaire (ProFitMap-neck),
on three chronic neck pain groups. METHOD: Participating groups were as follows:
whiplash associated disorders, inpatient care (IP-WAD, n=127); nonspecific neck
pain, inpatient care (IP-NS, n=83) and nonspecific neck pain subjects (non-IP-NS,
n=104). All groups answered the ProFitMap-neck and the SF-36, whereas non-IP-NS
also answered the Neck Disability Index (NDI) and the Functional Self-Efficacy
Scale (SES). Internal consistency, test-retest reliability and components of
convergent construct, face and content validity were determined for the
ProFitMap-neck. RESULTS: The ProFitMap-neck showed good internal consistency in
all three groups, and ICC test-retest reliability (0.80-0.91). Good correlation
(0.66-0.78) and highest agreement was reached with NDI. According to the
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, the symptom
scale of the ProFitMap-neck was mainly classified to the domain of
impairments-body functions, and the functional limitation scale to the activity
limitation domain. CONCLUSION: The results indicate that the ProFitMap-neck is
valid for measuring symptoms and functional limitations in people with chronic
neck pain. The combination of a composite total score of symptoms and function as
well as separate scores of each domain makes ProFitMap-neck suitable for research
as well as in clinical practice.
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