Neck Pain and Disability Scale


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Objective
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The most used Neck Disability Questionnaires are the Neck pain and Disability scale (NPAD) and the Neck Disability Index (NDI) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title(2)(3)(4). The Neck pain and disability scale (NPAD) is a composite index including 20 items which measure the intensity of neck pain and related disability. Until 1999, several measures of generalised pain and disability were available (Oswestry disability questionnaire and Pain disability index), but there was no well-developed measure that dealt specifically with neck pain. To provide a new measure of neck pain and disability the NPAD has been developed. It was originally developed in the USA by Wheeler and colleagues, but there are various other translations of the scale. Validated French, Turkish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch … translations are available showing adequate validity and reliability. The 20-item scale measures problems with neck movements, neck pain intensity, effect of neck pain on emotion and cognition, and the level of interference with daily life activities. The NPAD is a validated measure to evaluate outcomes in patients with neck pain. It is easy to complete for the patients themselves, and easy to score for the evaluators. Its interference with vocational,
recreational, social, and functional aspects of living; and the presence and extent of associated emotional factors.

Intended Population
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Method of Use
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Patients respond to each item by marking along a 10cm visual analog scale. Items score range from 0 to 5, and
the total score is a total of the item scores. Completion of the NPAD usually requires less than 5 minutes

Evidence[edit | edit source]

Reliability[edit | edit source]

Bremerich FH, Grob D, Dvorak J, Mannion AF. The Neck Pain and Disability Scale: cross-cultural adaptation into German and evaluation of its psychometric properties in chronic neck pain and C1-2 fusion patients. Spine. 2008;33(9):1018-27.[1]

Validity[edit | edit source]

Mark Chan Ci En, Dean A. Clair and Stephen J. Edmondston. Manual Therapy, 2009, 14(4):433-438[2]

Bremerich FH, Grob D, Dvorak J, Mannion AF. The Neck Pain and Disability Scale: cross-cultural adaptation into German and evaluation of its psychometric properties in chronic neck pain and C1-2 fusion patients. Spine. 2008;33(9):1018-27.[1]

Responsiveness[edit | edit source]

Bremerich FH, Grob D, Dvorak J, Mannion AF. The Neck Pain and Disability Scale: cross-cultural adaptation into German and evaluation of its psychometric properties in chronic neck pain and C1-2 fusion patients. Spine. 2008;33(9):1018-27.[1]

Links
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http://www.oarsi.org/pdfs/pain_indexes/NECK_PAIN_DISABILITY_INDEX_QUESTIONNAIRE.pdf

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bremerich FH, Grob D, Dvorak J, Mannion AF. The Neck Pain and Disability Scale: cross-cultural adaptation into German and evaluation of its psychometric properties in chronic neck pain and C1-2 fusion patients. Spine. 2008;33(9):1018-27.
  2. Mark Chan Ci En, Dean A. Clair and Stephen J. Edmondston. Manual Therapy, 2009, 14(4):433-438