Reliability of Hong Kong Chinese version of the Patient-rated Forearm Evaluation Questionnaire for lateral epicondylitis

摘要

OBJECTIVE. To determine the reliability and validity of a dedicated assessmenttool for lateral epicondylitis after translation into Hong Kong Chinese.DESIGN. Cross-sectional study.SETTING. District hospital, Hong Kong.PATIENTS. Seventy-four patients, 12 of whom were bilingual, were recruited (total of 82 elbows).MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES. Translation equivalence and reliability were measured with the test-retest method. Validity was measured against the Roles and Maudsley outcome score and mean maximal grip strength.RESULT. The Patient-rated Forearm Evaluation Questionnaire had high English-Chinese equivalence (Spearman’s rho correlation coefficient=0.926; PCONCLUSION. The Hong Kong Chinese version of Patient-rated Forearm Evaluation Questionnaire is a reliable and valid assessment tool for chronic lateral epicondylitis. Its equivalence to the original English version makes outcome assessment across cultural barrier feasible.