A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire

Table 1 Summary of studies assessing the psychometric properties of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ)

Studies	psychometric properties assessed						Methods
	Face/Content validity	Construct validity	Responsiveness	Reliability	Acceptability	Interpretability	Population	Design*	Observational (O) RCT	Study Power	No. of Patients included in the analyses
Amadio et al, 1996	.	√	√	.	√		33–80 years, 72% women	P	O	Yes	n = 22
Atroshi et al, 1998	.	√	√	√	√		21–88 years 66% women	P	O	No	Responsiveness/Construct validity n = 102 Test-retest n = 22
Bessette et al, 1998	.	√	√	.	√	√	> 18 years, 84% women	P/C	O	No	n = 196
Gay et al, 2003	.	√	√	.	√		31–81 years, 55% women	P	O	Yes	n = 40
Greenslade et al, 2004	.	.	√	√	√		> 49 years, 72% women	P/C	O	No	Acceptability = 88 Responsiveness n = 57 Test-retest n = 31
Katz et al, 1994	.	.	√	. .	.		> 18 years, 70% women	P	RCT	Yes	n = 43
Katz et al, 1996	.	√	√	.	√		18–55 years, 70% women	P	O	No	n = 268^§
Levine et al, 1993	√	√	√	√	√		19–88 years, 75% women	P/R/C	O	No	Construct validity n = 43 Responsiveness n = 39 Test-retest n = 31
Mondelli et al, 2002	.	√	√	.	√		20–90 years, 81% women	P	O	No	n = 219
Rosales et al, 2002		√		√			34–63 years 86% women	P	O	No	N = 42

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