[Measuring functional capacity in backache patients in rehabilitation: a comparison of standardized questionnaires]
- PMID: 8767540
[Measuring functional capacity in backache patients in rehabilitation: a comparison of standardized questionnaires]
Abstract
In recent years, subjective assessment of functional ability by patients has become an important diagnostic instrument in rehabilitation medicine. We compared three self-administered standardized questionnaires for measuring functional capacity in patients with back pain (the back pain-specific version of the Hannover Functional Ability Questionnaire, the Roland & Morris Scale, and the Measurement of Patient Outcome Scales) with respect to feasibility, reliability, and validity. The sample comprised 119 patients treated for back pain in a rehabilitation clinic in North Germany. Besides measures of functional ability, anamnestic and psychosociological data were collected in addition. Mobility of the spine was assessed by simple clinical tests. The three questionnaires differed only slightly with regard to their psychometric properties and appeared to be equally well suited for measuring functional ability in patients with back pain. The decision for one of the instruments should be based on practical considerations (time for completion, feasibility, availability of reference data).
Similar articles
-
[Hannover Functional Questionnaire in ambulatory diagnosis of functional disability caused by backache].Rehabilitation (Stuttg). 1996 Feb;35(1):I-VIII. Rehabilitation (Stuttg). 1996. PMID: 8693180 German.
-
[Measuring disability of patients with low-back pain--validation of a German version of the Roland & Morris disability questionnaire].Schmerz. 2000 Dec;14(6):392-400. doi: 10.1007/s004820000010. Schmerz. 2000. PMID: 12800012 German.
-
The Maine-Seattle back questionnaire: a 12-item disability questionnaire for evaluating patients with lumbar sciatica or stenosis: results of a derivation and validation cohort analysis.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2003 Aug 15;28(16):1869-76. doi: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000083205.82614.01. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2003. PMID: 12923478
-
[Low back pain disability assessment tools].Ann Readapt Med Phys. 2005 Jul;48(6):288-97. doi: 10.1016/j.annrmp.2005.04.008. Epub 2005 Apr 26. Ann Readapt Med Phys. 2005. PMID: 15932777 Review. French.
-
Measuring the functional status of patients with low back pain.Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1988 Dec;69(12):1044-53. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1988. PMID: 2975164 Review.
Cited by
-
Observing treatment outcomes in other patients can elicit augmented placebo effects on pain treatment: a double-blinded randomized clinical trial with patients with chronic low back pain.Pain. 2022 Jul 1;163(7):1313-1323. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002513. Epub 2021 Dec 17. Pain. 2022. PMID: 35262315 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
-
App-based multidisciplinary back pain treatment versus combined physiotherapy plus online education: a randomized controlled trial.NPJ Digit Med. 2019 May 3;2:34. doi: 10.1038/s41746-019-0109-x. eCollection 2019. NPJ Digit Med. 2019. PMID: 31304380 Free PMC article.
-
Neurologic morbidity and quality of life in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a prospective cross-sectional study.J Cancer Surviv. 2014 Dec;8(4):688-96. doi: 10.1007/s11764-014-0375-1. Epub 2014 Jul 10. J Cancer Surviv. 2014. PMID: 25008582 Free PMC article.
-
[Questionnaires for patients with back pain. Diagnosis and outcome assessment].Orthopade. 2004 May;33(5):545-52. doi: 10.1007/s00132-003-0613-0. Orthopade. 2004. PMID: 15007549 Review. German.
-
Effects of behavioural exercise therapy on the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic non-specific low back pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013 Mar 11;14:89. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-89. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013. PMID: 23496822 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.