Non-Adherence with Physiotherapeutic Rehabilitation – A Cross-Cultural Adaption of Compliance Parameters into German-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Non-Adherence with Physiotherapeutic Rehabilitation – A Cross-Cultural Adaption of Compliance Parameters into German

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Author:

Hakam Hassan Tarek¹,Lettner Jonathan²,Kersten Sebastian¹,Hofmann Hannes¹,Mühlensiepen Felix²,Prill Robert¹,Becker Roland¹

Affiliation:

1. Klinikum Brandenburg

2. Medical School of Brandenburg, University Clinic of Brandenburg, University Clinic of Brandenburg

Abstract

Abstract Background: Compliance with rehabilitative physiotherapeutic measures leads to an improvement in outcomes in patients suffering from a variety of musculoskeletal conditions. Till date, a tool in assessing the parameters that lead to non-adherence to physical therapy does not exist in the German language. The objective of this paper is to cross-culturally adapt a non-compliance questionnaire to German. Methods: In reference to the “Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaption of Self-Reported Measures”, the questionnaire was translated into German followed by a back-translation into the original language. An expert committee met and refined the pre-final version. A preliminary version was handed out to patients for the evaluation of the quality of the resulting German version. A simple statistical analysis was carried out to evaluate the final version. Results: After the forward and back-translation of the questionnaire, some discrepancies were discovered between the translators on one hand and between the back translations and the original document on the other. The statistical analysis showed satisfactory results regarding the quality of the questionnaire. Conclusion: The translation and adaption of the items proved to have a high degree of reliability. The German version will also be made available for other German-speaking researchers and used in the evaluation of a mobile application-based physical therapy regimen by the authors of the paper. Registration: The objective of this paper is the cross-cultural adaption of a questionnaire. No registration was deemed necessary.

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Research Square Platform LLC

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