Subjective Health Measure Used on Chinese Patients With Neck Pain in Hong Kong
SpinePublished 1 September 2001
Thomas Tai Wing Chiu, TH Lam, Anthony J. Hedley
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The Chinese version of the Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire has been shown to demonstrate very good content validity, a high degree of test–retest reliability, and internal consistency, and it also exhibited good construct validity and high sensitivity to changes in severity over time.
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The Chinese version of the Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire has been shown to demonstrate very good content validity, a high degree of test-retest reliability, and internal consistency. It also exhibited good construct validity and high sensitivity to changes in severity over time.
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