Validity and Reliability of English and Marathi Oswestry Disability Index (version 2.1a) in Indian Population

摘要

Low back pain (LBP) is a public health problem and is a common cause of activity limitations. An estimated 2.06 million episodes of LBP occurred among a population at a risk of more than 1.48 billion person years for an incidence rate of 1.39 per 1000 person years in the United States. Similar figures are not available in India but, only life-time prevalence is available for specific populations. Studies have reported that back pain has increased rapidly and the prevalence of LBP was 60% among adult outpatients in Kanpur,2 59% among nursing students, and 23% among work age adults in rural North India; in general, it has been reported that 60% of people in India have significant back pain some time in life (Surypani 1996). Condition-specific measurements are commonly used as a measure of outcome. Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), visual analogue scale (VAS), and Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) are the most common measurements used for condition-specific outcome measurement for spinal disorders. The RMDQ and ODI have been translated into several non-English languages.