Urdu version of the neck disability index: a reliability and validity study

Table 1 Participant characteristics

Variables		Patient Group (n = 76)	Healthy Group (n = 30)
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
		N/%	N/%
Age, years		43.37 ± 11.94	21.27 ± 1.70
Sex, female		46/60.5	17/56.7
BMI		26.28 ± 4.62	23.22 ± 3.03
VAS_pain (cm), range 0-10		5.02 ± 2.12	0
Duration of neck pain in months		10.50 (3–24)^a	N/A
NDI-U, range 0–50		15.68 ± 8.52	0
VAS_disability (cm), range 0–10		2.84 ± 1.88	0
Work status	Employed	43/56.6	1/3.3
Work status	Un-employed	33/43.4	29/96.7
Education	Primary	7/9.2	-
	Matric	5/6.6	-
	Intermediate	20/26.3	29/96.7
	Graduation	28/36.8	1/3.3
	Post-graduation	16/21.1	-

BMI Body mass index, NDI-U Urdu version of the neck disability index, VAS Visual analogue scale
^aMedian value with percentiles (P25–P75)

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