Prospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2018.
World J Orthop. Jan 18, 2018; 9(1): 1-6
Published online Jan 18, 2018. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v9.i1.1
Table 1 The ICCagreement and Cronbach’s alpha of the questionnaire
Athletes (n = 39)Non-athletes (n = 13)Total (n = 52)
ICCVISA total (95%CI)0.95 (0.91-0.97)-0.97 (0.95-0.98)
ICCVISA modified (95%CI)0.96 (0.92-0.98)0.98 (0.93-0.99)0.97 (0.95-0.98)
SEMVISA total4.41 (4.4%)-4.07 (4.1%)
SEMVISA modified2.64 (4.4%)2.42 (4.0%)2.68 (4.5%)
SDCVISA total12.21 (12.2%)-11.28 (11.3%)
SDCVISA modified7.32 (12.2%)6.70 (11.2%)7.44 (12.4%)
Cronbach’s alphaVISA total0.720.820.78
Cronbach’s alphaVISA modified0.830.860.86
Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients of the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Achilles-NL with the other questionnaires (with and without activity domain)
VISA-ATotal
VISA-AModified
VISA-AModified
VISA-ATotal
VISA-AModified
Athletes (n = 71)Athletes (n = 71)Non-athletes (n = 22)Entire population (n = 93)Entire population (n = 93)
VAS pain-0.54a-0.58a-0.39-0.54a-0.57a
VAS function0.52a0.51a0.44a0.50a0.52a
AOFAS0.48a0.46a0.310.56a0.50a
FAOS symptoms0.45a0.52a0.53a0.58a0.60a
FAOS pain0.53a0.56a0.52a0.58a0.60a
FAOS ADL0.56a0.55a0.47a0.59a0.58a
FAOS sport0.56a0.61a0.43a0.55a0.59a
FAOS QOL0.29a0.33a0.140.38a0.37a
SF-36 physical functioning0.55a0.63a0.66a0.70a0.71a
SF-36 role physical0.130.120.58a0.31a0.32a
SF-36 bodily pain0.310.40a0.46a0.49a0.51a
SF-36 social functioning0.01-0.040.290.27a0.21
SF-36 mental health-0.11-0.070.390.210.20
SF-36 role emotional-0.060.020.65a0.37a0.39a
SF-36 vitality-0.26-0.250.26-0.05-0.09
SF-36 general health perception-0.01-0.020.280.25a0.21
SF-36 physical component scale0.43a0.47a0.360.52a0.51a
SF-36 mental component scale-0.34a-0.32a0.49a0.040.03