title: [Evaluation of the North American Spine Society Instrument for assessment of health status in patients with chronic backache].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The translation/back and translation and validation of the North American Spine Society (NASS) Instrument in German was published recently. This contribution aims at describing the scoring of this questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  The scoring is oriented on the recommendations of the developing scientists of the US-American original, with whom we cooperated during the German validation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The scoring algorithm is described, a program for computerized scoring in SPSS was written. Program syntax and the questionnaire are reproduced.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The contribution enables interested researchers to apply and score the NASS questionnaire in German-speaking countries.
authors.affiliation: Bayerischer Forschungsverbund Public Health-Offentliche Gesundheit, München.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sangha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wildner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States