Abstract: Objective: To introduce and test the reliability and validity of the Participant Activation for Management of Back Pain Questionnaire (PAMQ) for nurses. Methods: PAMQ was translated and translated back according to Brislin translation model, and the Chinese version of PAMQ was culturally adjusted and revised through expert consultation and preliminary investigation. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 258 nurses from three grade A hospitals from October 2021 to January 2022 to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of PAMQ. Results: The Chinese version of PAMQ retains 11 items, and 3 common factors were extracted after exploratory factor analysis. The cumulative variance contribution rate reached 58.937%. The content validity index of each item level ranged from 0.83 to 1.00, and the average content validity index of the scale was 0.98. Using the Chinese version of patient activation scale as calibration scale, the calibration correlation was 0.991 (P<0.001). The Cronbach’s α coefficient of the total scale is 0.821, and the half-fold reliability is 0.779. The Cronbach’s α coefficient of each item ranges from 0.797 to 0.833. Conclusion: The Chinese version of PAMQ has good reliability and validity. It can be used to measure the occupational low back pain self-management of domestic nurses.

Key words: nurse; occupational low back pain; self-management; activation; reliability; validity