• Hossein Nayeb Aghaei, Parisa Azimi, Sohrab Shahzadi, Shirzad Azhari, Hassan Reza Mohammadi, Pooyan Alizadeh, and Ali Montazeri.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• Asian Spine J. 2015 Dec 1;9(6):901-8.

Study DesignCross-sectional.PurposeTo translate and validate the Iranian version of the Copenhagen Neck Functional Disability Scale (CNFDS).Overview Of LiteratureInstruments measuring patient-reported outcomes should satisfy certain psychometric properties.MethodsNinety-three cases of cervical spondylotic myelopathy were entered into the study and completed the CNFDS pre and postoperatively at the 6 month follow-up. The modified Japanese Orthopedic Association Score was also completed. The internal consistency, test-retest, convergent validity, construct validity (item scale correlation), and responsiveness to change were assessed.ResultsMean age of the patients was 54.3 years (standard deviation, 8.9). The Cronbach α coefficient was satisfactory (α=0.84). Test-retest reliability as assessed by the intraclass correlation coefficient analysis was 0.95 (95% confidence interval, 0.92-0.98). The modified Japanese Orthopedic Association score correlated strongly with the CNFDS score, lending support to its good convergent validity (r=-0.80; p<0.001). Additionally, the correlation of each item with its hypothesized domain on the CNFDS was acceptable, suggesting that the items had a substantial relationship with their own domains. These results also indicate that the instrument was responsive to change (p<0.0001).ConclusionsThe findings suggest that the Iranian version of the CNFDS is a valid measure to assess functionality, social interaction, and pain among patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy.

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