Background
Methods
Recruitment sources and data acquisition
Assessment instrument
Translation process
Validation process
Statistical analysis
Results
Translation and instrument development
Demographic and clinical characteristics
Characteristic | Value |
---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 6 (11.5%) |
Female | 46 (88.5%) |
Mean age (+standard deviation) | 50.3 + 14.5 years |
Age range | 18.2-76.7 years |
Affected body part | |
Foot | 40 (76.9%) |
Knee | 11 (21.2%) |
Other | 1 (1.9%) |
Median (IQR)* of number of years with CRPS 1 | 2.2 years (0.79-5.19) |
Initiating event | |
Trauma | 25 (48.1%) |
Surgery | 24 (46.2%) |
Other | 3 (5.8%) |
Descriptive statistic of pain and activity limitation on Visual Analogue Scale and the Walking Stairs, Walking Ability and Rising and Sitting Questionnaires
Score (+SD) | |
---|---|
Pain (VAS)* | 5.7 + 2.1 |
Restrictions in activities in daily living (VAS) * | 5.6 + 2.2 |
Total score questionnaires | 29.4 + 13.2 |
Walking stairs | 5.6 + 2.5 |
Walking ability | 11.9 + 5.6 |
Rising and sitting | 11.9 + 6.5 |
Concurrent validity for pain
Domain | Slope * | 95%CI | p-Value | R2
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Walking stairs | 0.59 | 0.30-0.88 | <0.001 | 0.25 |
Walking ability | 1.49 | 0.85-2.12 | <0.001 | 0.31 |
Rising and sitting | 1.25 | 0.45-2.06 | 0.003 | 0.17 |
Total score | 3.33 | 1.82-4.84 | <0.001 | 0.25 |
Concurrent validity for activities in daily living
Domain | Slope * | 95%CI | p-Value | R2
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Walking stairs | 1.43 | 0.51-0.99 | <0.001 | 0.43 |
Walking ability | 2.61 | 1.10-2.23 | <0.001 | 0.45 |
Rising and sitting | 4.74 | 0.50-2.03 | 0.002 | 0.13 |
Total score | 8.77 | 2.32-5.04 | <0.001 | 0.37 |