VALIDATION DATA

MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES
Limitations
Observations
1. RELIABILITY
A. Internal Consistency Not Tested
Cronbach's (Describe)
B. Reliability intraobserver or test-retest Tested
Continuous scores: intraclass
correlation coefficient (ICC)
Dichotomus: Cohen kappa (Describe)

For the NMQ, the reliability was good for chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSP), chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain (CWMSP) and pain in hip and knee (kappa values between 0.63 and 0.68). Moderate kappa values between 0.51 and 0.60 were found for pain in the neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand, upper back, lower back, calf, ankle/feet, and ≥7 pain sites. The 1-year prevalence was 54.3% for CMSP and 17.2 for CWMSP, substantially higher for women and among those aged 50 years or more.

The reliability of the NMQ, using a test–retest methodology, found the number of different answers ranged from 0 to 23%

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
Not Tested
Hypotheses-testing Not Tested
Cross-cultural validity Tested
Brief Description
C. Criterion validity Not Tested
Comparison with a 'gold standard' Continuous scores:
correlations, ROC curves Dichotomus:
Sensitivity & Specificity (Describe)