Development of the Hispanic Low Back Pain Symptom Check List.
METHODS
The Low Back Pain Symptom Check List identifies psychological disturbance in patients with low back pain. This report traces the development of a translation for Hispanic populations.


OBJECTIVE
The study explores the reliability and assesses the equivalence of the translation in providing pain and psychological information.


BACKGROUND
A number of psychometric measures appear suitable for routinely assessing psychological disturbance among back injured patients. Unfortunately, there are few measures with language translations that can be applied to Hispanic populations.


METHODS
In study 1, the English form was translated by two bilingual physicians. In study 2, reliability was examined using Cronbach's measure of internal consistency. In study 3, the equivalence of the Hispanic and English forms in predicting treatment outcome was examined.


RESULTS
Coefficient alphas and mean pain scores were similar for the English and Hispanic forms. Overall agreement between the two forms in tracking psychological disturbance was 91%. The Hispanic form was equally accurate in predicting treatment outcome.


CONCLUSIONS
The Hispanic form is reliable and provides pain and psychological information much like the English form.
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Department of Psychology and Social Sciences, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois.
Gilbert
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Mooney
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome