ArticleFrontiers in neurology2019
Validation of the Dutch Version of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire.
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- A Polish Version of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ-PL) for Use Among Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Undergoing Physiotherapy: Translation, Cultural Adaptation, and Validation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Validation of the Romanian Version of the 6-Item Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms Scale and Palmar Pain Scale Questionnaire.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Perceived stress, coping strategies, symptoms severity and function status among carpal tunnel syndrome patients: a nurse-led correlational Study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire Scores Alone Do Not Predict Surgical Intervention for Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Field testing and psychometric properties of Thai version of the Boston carpal tunnel questionnaire.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Reliability, Validity and Temporal Stability of the Serbian Version of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Measurement properties of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire in subjects with neurophysiological confirmation of carpal tunnel syndrome: a Rasch analysis perspective.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
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Abstract
The Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ) is a scale that has been developed specifically for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). It consists of the Functional Status Scale (FSS) and the Symptom Severity Scale (SSS). It is the most widely used patient reported outcome measure in CTS and has been validated in many languages. Although already widely used, psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the BCTQ are yet unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the validity, reliability, responsiveness, and acceptability of the Dutch version. Moreover, this paper focuses the longitudinal validity (the use after an intervention) of the BCTQ, which has not been investigated before. A total of 180 patients completed the BCTQ in addition to a six-point Likert scale for perceived improvement, before and about 6-8 months after carpal tunnel release (CTR). Principal factor analysis revealed that the FSS is unidimensional, consisting of a single latent factor ("functionality") and has a high internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.825). However, the SSS has three dimensions, which are all highly internally consistent: "daytime symptoms" (Cronbach's α = 0.805), "nighttime symptoms" (Cronbach's α = 0.835), and "operational capacity" (Cronbach's α = 0.723). Post-treatment, the FSS still consisted of one factor, but the SSS changed in dimensionality, as it had only two factors left post-treatment. The ΔFSS and ΔSSS had good correlation with the six-point Likert scale for perceived improvement (
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