Validity and reliability of the Turkish Orebro musculoskeletal pain screening questionnaire-short form

BACKGROUND: The Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (OMPSQ) is one of the most recognized and widely used instruments for identifying the risk of pain chronicity. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to provide the reliability and validity of the Turkish OMPSQ-Short Form (OMPSQSF). METHODS: Fifty-seven acute and subacute low back pain patients were included in the study. OMPSQ short form and long form, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI), fear-avoidance beliefs questionnaires were applied simultaneously for validation. The OMPSQ-SF was re-applied after 7-10 days to determine test-retest reliability. The data were analyzed by the paired-samples t test, correlation analysis, Cronbach's alpha, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and confirmatory factor analysis. RESULTS: The mean age of the participants was 39.05 +/- 15.68 years. Cronbach's alpha was 0.723, and the ICC was 0.84. There were moderate to strong correlation among the OMPSQ-SF and the ODI, CSI, OMPSQ-long form, Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire work subscale (r = 0.72, r = 0.353, r = 0.648, r = 0.457 respectively). CONCLUSION: The results show that the Turkish version of the OMPSQ-SF is a valid and reliable questionnaire and could be used in clinical and scientific studies.