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The Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire		Download / Print : PDF

Self-administered questionnaire of US/British origin, the objective of which is to measure the functional impact of lumbago in order to determine its natural progression.

This scale was established from the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) and the specificity for lumbago has been improved by adding the wording "because of your back".

The time taken is short, about 5 minutes.

It consists of 24 items concerning daily life activities graded from 0 to 1 point. The addition of the scores enables an assessment from 0 to 24.

There are numerous variables with a reduction of items: RDQ-23, RDQ-18, RDQ-16, RDQ-12, one version "twice": RDQ (two) to measure the variation at the end of 4 weeks, the RDQ7p in which a Liekert scale 7 points is added [8].

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Criteria	Psychometric properties		References
Validity	Face validity
	Content validity
	Criterion validity	Concurrent validity
		Predictive validity
	Construct validity	Convergent validity	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
		Divergent validity
		Discriminant validity (sensitivity and distinctiveness)
Reliability	Intra-rater reliability
	Inter-rater reliability
	Test-retest		[6] [7]
Internal consistency (alpha)			[2] [6]
Responsiveness			[6] [7]

General comment on reliability:

The assessment of the "construct validity" has shown significant correlation with the physical tests, pain and the Oswestry self-questionnaire.

Reference update:

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For more details of the scale, the comments or the psychometric properties presented here, please contact Dr. François GENET : francois.genet@rpc.aphp.fr

References: Inaugural references: [1] Roland M, Morris R. A study of the natural history of back pain. Part I: development of a reliable and sensitive measure of disability in low-back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1983 Mar;8(2):141-4. Psychometric references: [2] Waddell G, Main CJ. Assessment of severity in low-back disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1984 Mar;9(2):204-8. [3] Deyo RA. Comparative validity of the Sickness Impact Profile and shorter scales for functional assessment in low-back pain. Spine 1986;11:951-4. [4] Jensen MP, Strom SE, Turner S, Romano JM.Validity of the Sickness Impact Profile Roland scale as a measure of dysfunction in chronic pain patient. Pain 1992;50:157-62. [5] Co Y, Eaton S, MaxwellMW. The relationship betveen the St Thomas and Oswestry disability scores and the severity of low back pain. J Manip Physiol Ther 1993;16:14-8. [6] Stratford PW, Binkley J, Solomon P, Finch E, Gill C, Moreland J. Defining the minimum level of detectable change for the Roland-Morris questionnaire. Phys Ther. 1996 Apr;76(4):359-65; discussion 366-8. [7] Davidson M, Keating JL. A comparison of five low back disability questionnaires: reliability and responsiveness. Phys Ther. 2002 Jan;82(1):8-24. [8] Longo UG, Loppini M, Denaro L, Maffulli N, Denaro V. Rating scales for low back pain. Br Med Bull. 2010;94:81-144. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldp052. Epub 2010 Jan 10. Review.

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The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale		Download / Print : PDF

A self-report questionnaire initially written in English and French, widely used since the 1990's because of its simplicity and its short administration time (about 5 minutes) whose objective is to measure the functional repercussions of the lumbago on the simple actions of daily life.

It evaluates the functional impact of back pain on simple activities of daily living.

The patient is asked to rate the level of difficulty he/she has to carry out the activities listed in the scale, considering his/her back problems.

The total score is the sum of the scores selected by the patient (rated from 0 to 5 : 0 : not difficult at all. 1: minimally difficult. 2: somewhat difficult. 3: fairly difficult. 4 : very difficult. 5 : unable to do) for all the questions (20 questions).

The higher the score, the greater the functional impact of the back pain.

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Criteria	Psychometric properties		References
Validity	Face validity		[3]
	Content validity		[3]
	Criterion validity	Concurrent validity
		Predictive validity
	Construct validity	Convergent validity	[1] [3]
		Divergent validity	[3]
		Discriminant validity (sensitivity and distinctiveness)	[1] [2]
Reliability	Intra-rater reliability
	Inter-rater reliability
	Test-retest		[1] [2] [3] [4]
Internal consistency (alpha)			[1] [2] [3]
Responsiveness			[1] [2] [3] [4]

General comment on reliability:

We recall that this scale does not assess the pain but the difficulty in accomplishing tasks. The construct validity has shown strong correlation with the Roland Morris Questionnaire, the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire and the intensity of the pain and the physical scale of the SF-36.

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Dallas Pain Questionnaire

For more details of the scale, the comments or the psychometric properties presented here, please contact Dr. François GENET : francois.genet@rpc.aphp.fr

Inaugural references:

[1] Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Abrahamovicz M, Abenhaim L, Wood-Dauphinee S, Lamping DL, et al. The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale: measurements properties. Spine 1995;20:341-52.

[2] Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Abrahamowicz M, et al. The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale: conceptualization and development. J Clin Epidemiol 1996; 49(2):151-61.

Psychometric references:

[3] Smeets R, Koke A, Lin CW, Ferreira M, Demoulin C. Measures of function in low back pain/disorders: Low back pain rating scale (lbprs), oswestry disability index (odi), progressive isoinertial lifting evaluation (pile), quebec back pain disability scale (qbpds), and roland-morris disability questionnaire (rdq). Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011;63 Suppl 11:S158-173.

[4] Davidson M, Keating JL. A Comparison of Five Low Back Disability Questionnaires: Reliability and Responsiveness. PHYS THER. 2002; 82:8-24.