VALIDATION DATA

MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES
Limitations >=5 European languages (English)
Observations
1. RELIABILITY
A. Internal Consistency Tested
Cronbach's (Describe)

The instrument demonstrated high internal consistency on 3 administrations (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.87, 0.91, 0.92)

B. Reliability intraobserver or test-retest Tested
Continuous scores: intraclass
correlation coefficient (ICC)
Dichotomus: Cohen kappa (Describe)

The instrument was reliable in test-retest administrations in stable subjects (ICC = 0.65)

C. Reliability interobserver or Measurement error Not Tested
Standard error of measurement (SEM),
smallest detectable change (SDC) or
Limits of agreement (LoA) (Describe)
2. VALIDITY
A. Content validity: face validity Not Tested
Expert opinion (relevance and
comprehensiveness) (Describe)
B. Construct Validity:
Structural validity
Tested
Hypotheses-testing Tested
Cross-cultural validity Tested
Brief Description

 All 7 items were retained on the basis that they each significantly contributed to the
total score (item-corrected total score correlations 0.43) 

Significant correlations were detected between the patient satisfaction scores and NBQ ( r = − 0.533, p < 0.001 ).

Significant correlations were found between the changes in VAS-pain scores after the treatment and the changes in NBQ  (r = 0.587, p < 0.001). Additionally, significant correlations were determined between the changes in VAS-disability scores and the changes in  NBQ and (r = 0.685, p < 0.001 ).

C. Criterion validity Not Tested
Comparison with a 'gold standard' Continuous scores:
correlations, ROC curves Dichotomus:
Sensitivity & Specificity (Describe)