COMI-Neck
COMI-neck EUROSPINE’s measure of choice for neck pain and function evaluation The Core Outcome Measures Index – neck (COMI-neck) is a validated 6-item tool for neck pain evaluation and surveillance of cervical spine injury. It is part of EUROSPINE’s spine tango, an international registry for patient-reported outcome data collection. The items cover several […]
EQ-5D-5L
EQ-5D-5L Generic measure of health related quality of life The EQ-5D-5L is a validated generic instrument for measuring patients’ general health status and is an extended version of the EQ-5D-3L. Two levels were added to this improved version in order to reduce the ceiling effect and increase the sensitivity of the 3-level version. […]
EQ-5D-3L
EQ-5D-3L Generic measure of health-related quality of life The EQ-5D-3L is a validated generic measure instrument for patients health status which was developed in 1990 by the EuroQol Group. It consists of two components: the EQ-5D descriptive system represents a tool of 5 questions assessing mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression meanwhile […]
Oxford Hip Score
Oxford Hip Score (OHS) Postoperative hip-related quality of life The Oxford Hip Score (OHS) is a validated questionnaire developed at the University of Oxford specifically to assess patient-reported outcomes after total hip arthroplasty implantation. Pain and physical functioning are the main domains of this instrument, which consists of a total of 12 items. […]
Oswestry Disability Index
Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) Pain and function evaluation in patients with low back disability The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is a 10-item measure for low back pain evaluation. It is one of the most common validated instruments for low back pain measurement and has also been used for patients with spinal deformities, with […]
KOOS
KOOS: Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Measurable knee-related quality of life The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is a 42-item tool for evaluation of knee-specific health that was developed in 1998. With its 5 dimensions (pain, symptoms, activities of daily living, sport/recreation function and knee-related quality of life) and the […]
SF-12
SF-12 Assessment of physical and mental health status The Short Form 12 Health Survey is a validated 12-item-tool for generic evaluation of patient quality of life. Over eight different domains, it evalues general physical and mental health status. It is the shorter version of the SF-36 questionnaire. The questionnaire items in the SF-12 […]
Physical Function Short Form HOOS
Physical Function Short Form (HOOS) An abbreviated evaluation of hip-associated health status The Physical Function Short Form of the Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS-PS) is a highly abbreviated but valid version of the longer original that focuses on the functional assessment of hip-associated health problems. With 5 questions, it is one […]
Scoliosis Research Society Score
Scoliosis Research Society Score (SRS 22r) Evaluating patient’s condition in idiopathic scoliosis – developed by the world’s largest scoliosis association The SRS-22r is a validated questionnaire intended to assess outcomes in patients with idiopathic scoliosis after spinal surgery. The first version, developed by the Scoliosis Research Society in 1999, had 24 items, and […]
WHOQOL-BREF
WHO-QOL-BREF Instrument for assessing general quality of life The World Health Organisation Quality of Life BREF (WHO-QOL-BREF) is a validated tool for general quality of life assessment whose development was based on the WHOQOL-100 – a 100-item-version for quality of life evaluation. The 26 included items cover 4 main domains: physical quality of […]