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Background Biomechanical risk factors have been identified as the main predisposing factor of chronic low back pain (CLBP), especially in Army personnel. The Job Requirements and Physical Demands (JRPD) questionnaire has been developed to assess the biomechanical exposures related to CLBP. Examining the biomechanical risk factors could prevent CLBP. This study aimed to translate and cross-culturally adapt the JRPD into Persian and assess its psychometric properties among Iranian male Army personnel with CLBP. Methods In this cross-sectional study, the content validation of the JRPD was assessed after translating to Persian. The Persian JRPD was administered to 198 male Army personnel with CLBP, with an interval of 7 days, to assess test-retest reliability, including Cronbach’s α, intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), standard error of measurement (SEM), and minimal detectable change at 95% confidence interval (MDC 95% ). Scores of the Persian JRPD were correlated with the scores of visual analog scale (VAS), Borg’s category-ratio (CR10) scale, general health questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28), and physical functioning (PF 1  and PF 2 ) subscale of the 12-item short-form health survey (SF-12) to assess convergent validity using Spearman correlation for a priori hypotheses. Results The Persian JRPD had good content validity evidenced by the higher content validity index (&gt; 0.70). The questionnaire had a significant positive negligible to weak correlation with the VAS (rho = 0.27;  p  &lt; 0.001), Borg’s CR10 scale (rho = 0.19;  p  = 0.009), and the total score of GHQ-28 and its domains (rho ≤0.34;  p  &lt; 0.05); and significant negative weak correlation with PF 2  (rho = − 0.27;  p  &lt; 0.001) and significant negative moderate correlation with PF 1  (rho = − 0.35;  p  &lt; 0.001), thus confirming the priori hypotheses (89%, 8/9). The internal consistency and ICC ( α  = 0.91; ICC = 0.80) were highly adequate, with SEM and MDC 95%  of 7.91 and 21.3 respectively. Conclusions The JRPD was successfully adapted into Persian and had adequate psychometric properties in terms of content and convergent validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. The questionnaire is found useable to assess the CLBP-related biomechanical exposures in Iranian male Army personnel.

bmc musculoskeletal disorders

Job requirements and physical demands (JRPD) questionnaire: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation in Iranian Army personnel with chronic low back pain