Urdu Version Of Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire: Reliability And Validity Study

A Reliability and Validity Study of Urdu Version Of Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire

The study aims to translate and adapt Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire cross-culturally into the Urdu language for the Pakistani population for investigating the reliability and validity of Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire in the Pakistani population and to study the correlation between Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and the Visual Analogue Scale.

The English version of the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire will be translated into Urdu and culturally adapted, as per a previous recommendation. The Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire will be given to one hundred and fifty workers of Masood Textile Mills, who would be chosen based on convenience sampling and inclusion and exclusion criteria. The inter-observer and intra-observer reliability of the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire, Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, and Visual Analog Scale will be evaluated in this study. On the same day, the questionnaire will be filled out created two times. An Inter - observer assessment will be done with 2 hour break between distributions of questionnaires. The initial observer then will gather a third assessment over one-week period (intra-observer assessment). For data entry and analysis, Statistical Package of Social Sciences Version 24 will be utilized. Internal consistency will be checked using the Cronbach alpha value, and test retest reliability will be assessed using the Intraclass coefficient.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants having an age limit of 18 to 55.
• Could read and understand the Urdu language.
• Both males and females working more than 6 hours in sitting and standing positions.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having any fracture in any part of the body.
• Having any congenital or acquired disability that restricts them in their daily living.