TY - JOUR
T1 - Dutch version of the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Achilles questionnaire for Achilles tendinopathy: Reliability, validity and applicability to non-athletes
AU - Sierevelt, Inger
AU - van Sterkenburg, Maayke
AU - Tol, Hans
AU - van Dalen, Bella
AU - van Dijk, Niek
AU - Haverkamp, Daniel
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - To translate the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Achilles (VISA-A) questionnaire into the Dutch language (VISA-A-NL), and to assess its reliability, validity, and applicability to non-athletes. After translation according to a forward-backward protocol, 101 patients with complaints of Achilles tendinopathy were asked to fill out the VISA-A-NL at two time points together with visual analogue scale, the Foot and Ankle Outcome Score, and the Short Form-36 questionnaires. Reliability, internal consistency, construct validity, and content validity were tested. The VISA-A-NL showed high reliability (0.97, 95%CI: 0.95-0.98). Cronbach's alpha (internal consistency) was 0.80. It increased to 0.88 without activity domain. Correlation with other questionnaires was moderate or poorer. The VISA-A-NL proved to be an excellent evaluation instrument for the Dutch physician. If applied to non-athletes, using a modified score (questions 1-6) should be considered
AB - To translate the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Achilles (VISA-A) questionnaire into the Dutch language (VISA-A-NL), and to assess its reliability, validity, and applicability to non-athletes. After translation according to a forward-backward protocol, 101 patients with complaints of Achilles tendinopathy were asked to fill out the VISA-A-NL at two time points together with visual analogue scale, the Foot and Ankle Outcome Score, and the Short Form-36 questionnaires. Reliability, internal consistency, construct validity, and content validity were tested. The VISA-A-NL showed high reliability (0.97, 95%CI: 0.95-0.98). Cronbach's alpha (internal consistency) was 0.80. It increased to 0.88 without activity domain. Correlation with other questionnaires was moderate or poorer. The VISA-A-NL proved to be an excellent evaluation instrument for the Dutch physician. If applied to non-athletes, using a modified score (questions 1-6) should be considered
U2 - https://doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v9.i1.1
DO - https://doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v9.i1.1
M3 - Article
C2 - 29392115
SN - 2218-5836
VL - 9
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - World journal of orthopedics
JF - World journal of orthopedics
IS - 1
ER -