ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2009
The development and validation of a Low Back Pain Knowledge Questionnaire - LKQ.
Article in Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed.
- Segmental stabilization and muscular strengthening in chronic low back pain: a comparative study.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2010Trial
- Exploring pain conceptualization in relation to outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain: a prospective observational study.Croatian medical journal · 2026Observational
- The Hungarian Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Questionnaire "Health Questionnaire on Back Care Knowledge in Daily Life Physical Activities for Adolescent Students" Examining the Back Care Knowledge and Spine Disease Prevention.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Investigating the impact of perceived stress and anxiety on nonspecific low back pain among future health care professionals in Hungary: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Development of prediction model for risks of musculoskeletal chronic lumbopelvic pain in Indian women.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Development and Evaluation of the Abdominal Pain Knowledge Questionnaire (A-PKQ) for Children and Their Parents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Knowledge of Back Pain and Spinal Disorders Among the General Population in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2024Article
- Development of the health literacy assessment instrument for chronic pain patients: A Delphi study.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Adaption and validation of simplified Chinese version of the Low Back Pain Knowledge questionnaire (sC-LKQ).Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Disease-Specific Knowledge, Physical Activity, and Physical Functioning Examination among Patients with Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Knowledge of Low Back Pain among Primary School Teachers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Health questionnaire on back care knowledge and spine disease prevention for 6-10 years old children: development and psychometric evaluation.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Health literacy and health outcomes in patients with low back pain: a scoping review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021Article
- Assessment of health-related quality of life and patient's knowledge in chronic non-specific low back pain.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Development and Validation of the Health Literacy Assessment Instrument for Patients with Chronic Pain.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Psychometric Evaluation of the Nursing OutcomeInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs on contributing factors among low back pain patients attending outpatient physiotherapy treatment in Malawi.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2017Article
- Translation to Brazilian Portuguese, cultural adaptation and reproducibility of the questionnaire "Ankylosing Spondylitis: What do you know?"Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2016Article
- Development and psychometric evaluation of a health questionnaire on back care knowledge in daily life physical activities for adolescent students.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2016Article
- Health literacy and patient empowerment: separating con-joined twins in the context of chronic low back pain.PloS one · 2015Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire on specific knowledge about low back pain entitled "The Low Back Pain Knowledge Questionnaire".
introductionThere is a need for instruments to assess patient knowledge regarding chronic illness. Such methods can contribute to the education of patients.
methodsThe Low Back Pain Knowledge Questionnaire was developed through five focus groups. The questionnaire was distributed to 50 patients to assess their comprehension of the terms. To assess the reproducibility, 20 patients were surveyed by two different interviewers on the same day and twice by a single interviewer with a one-to-two week interval. For the construct validation, the Low Back Pain Knowledge Questionnaire was given to 20 healthcare professionals with knowledge on low back pain and 20 patients to determine whether the questionnaire would discriminate between the two different populations. To assess the sensitivity of the questionnaire to changes in the knowledge level of the patients, it was given to 60 patients who were randomly assigned to the Intervention Group and the Control Group. The Intervention Group answered the questionnaire both before and after attending a chronic back pain educational program (back school), whereas the Control Group answered the questionnaire twice with an interval of one month and no educational intervention.
resultsThe focus groups generated a questionnaire with 16 items. The Spearman's correlation coefficient and the intra-class correlation coefficients ranged from 0.61 to 0.95 in the assessments of the intra-observer and inter-observer reproducibility (p< 0.01). In the construct validation, the healthcare professionals and patients showed statistically different scores (p< 0.001). In the phase regarding the sensitivity to change, the Intervention Group exhibited a significant increase in their specific knowledge over the Control Group (p< 0.001).
conclusionThe Low Back Pain Knowledge Questionnaire was validated and proved to be reproducible, valid and sensitive to changes in patient knowledge.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.