It was developed after interviewing patients with low back pain. Responsiveness of a patient specific outcome measure compared with the oswestry disability index v2. Pdf the oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire. Oswestry disability index revised hudsoncook et al. This tool was developed by j fairbank and others in 1980 and later had been tested by various authors for its reliability and usefulness. The oswestry disability index odi is the most commonly used diseasespecific pro questionnaire, measuring back painrelated functional disability. Responsiveness of the oswestry disability index and the roland. As noted above, at least a 10% change is required to be clinically meaningful. The best way to copy a word or adobe acrobat pdf file from this page is to follow this. The obtained score can be multiplied by 2 to produce a percentage score. Pain medication provides me moderate relief from pain. Translation of oswestry disability index into tamil with cross. Oswestry disability index odi questionnaire which is considered as the gold standard to assess degree of disability in acute low back pain was used in our study to assess the functional. Derived from the oswestry low back pain questionnaire, odi was first validated in 1980, while its most current version was introduced in 2000.
Please answer every question by placing a mark in the one box that best describes your condition today. Although you may consider that two of the statements in any one section relate to you. Can we convert between outcome measures of disability for. Oswestry disability questionnaire queensland health. The oswestry disability index odi is a selfrating conditionspecific outcome measure for evaluation of low back pain disability. It is designed to give us information as to how your back or leg trouble has affected your ability to manage in everyday life please answer every section. It is recommended that the oswestry disability index be used at baseline and for every 2 weeks thereafter within the treatment program to measure progress. Pdf low back pain effects up to 80% of the population at some time during their active life. Oswestry disability index the pain source makes learning. Oswestry disability index definition of oswestry disability. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts, insights, and experiences. The current version was published in the journal spine in 2000 the selfcompleted questionnaire contains ten topics concerning intensity of pain, lifting, ability to care for oneself, ability to walk, ability to sit, sexual.
These terms refers to a questionnaire that requires the patient to rate the impact of back pain on 10 kinds of activities. Disability index questionnaire revised oswestry section 9 traveling section 10 changing degree of pain section 1 pain intensity section 2 personal care washing, dressing, etc. The rolandmorris disability questionnaire and the oswestry. Our data indicate that the oswestry disability questionnaire, the sf36. Oswestry disability index 2 hatfield chiropractic clinic. Oswestry disability index 12 07 pinnacle performance.
The oswestry disability index odi is officially distributed by mapi research trust. Oswestry disability questionnaire this questionnaire has been designed to give us information as to how your back or leg pain is affecting your ability to manage in everyday life. Disability questionnaire rmdq and the oswestry disability index odi. I have chronic pain or pain that has bothered me for 3 months or. Oswestry disability index odi is a commonly used conditionspecific outcome measure for outcome assessment in low backache. Oswestry disability index odi calculator for low back pain. The oswestry disability index odi is one of the most common scoring systems used for patients with low back pain lbp.
The development of the oswestry disability index odi was initiated by john obrien in 1976. This validated questionnaire was first published by jeremy fairbank et al. A score of 22% or more is considered significant activities of daily. Divide by number of sections answered multiplied by 10. Oswestry disability questionnaire, oswestry disability index scoring, odi score, odi scale. The odi addresses a broader concept of disability than that directly related to pain intensity. Clinicians name or ref patients name or ref this questionnaire has been designed to give your therapist information as to how your back pain has affected your ability to manage in everyday life. Please answer every section and mark in each section only one box which applies to you. Mark one box only in each section that most closely describes you today.
My question is about the oswestry disability index report. I complete one of these at every pain clinic visit and they use it to assess my ability to function and what impact if any medication changes and injections have provided. Although the normative score of the odi was reported to be 10. Disability questionnaire rmdq score and the oswestry disability index. A definition of the medical terms oswestry disability index, oswestry ability scale and oswestry disability score is presented. Validation of the turkish version of the oswestry disability index for. Difficulties in using oswestry disability index in indian.
Rolandmorris disability questionnaire on their first visit and a week later. Questionnaires are available to help measure pain and disability. Low back disability questionnaire revised oswestry estionnaire has been designed to give the doctor information as to how your back pain has affected your ability to manage in ay life. This valid conditionspecific patientreported outcome is recommended for future back pain research and to evaluate outcome of dutch back care. The oswestry disability index odi is the most commonly used outcome measure for low back. Rolandmorris disability questionnaire and oswestry disability index. Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire oswestry disability index 1 please complete this questionnaire. All patients 15 years of age and older with a primary complaint of midback or low back pain i. This questionnaire is designed to help us better understand how your back pain affects your ability. The oswestry disability index odi calculator for the management of low back pain patients comprises of 10 items, each with 6 answer choices on a 0 to 5 points scale, statements referring to the patients life in different scenarios. Ebrahimzadeh, ali birjandinejad, amir reza kachooei.
I have chronic pain or pain that has bothered me for 3 months or more. Translation of oswestry disability index into tamil with cross cultural adaptation and evaluation of. Oswestry lower back pain disability index please complete this questionnaire. The oswestry disability index odi is one of the principal conditionspecific outcome measures used in the. Morris disability questionnaire in italian subjects with subacute and chronic low back pain. It is designed to tell us how your back pain affects your ability to function in every day life. Online oswestry disability index calculators in multilanguages english, turkish, greece, tai, japan facebook group for online oswestry disability index. Scoring the oswestry disability index each of the ten items is scored from 05. The current version was published in the journal spine in 2000. Oswestry knee ligament assessment questionnaire author. A modification of the oswestry low back pain index was conducted producing a 10item scaled questionnaire entitled the neck disability index ndi. Odi has been considered as a good instrument for low backachespecific disability assessment as it addresses both pain and.
The oswestry disability index also known as the oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire is an extremely important tool that researchers and disability evaluators use to measure a patients permanent functional disability. Oswestry disability index odi rolandmorris disability questionnaire rdq quebec low back pain disability scale qds. The average of all other items is then added to the completed items. Section 3 lifting pain prevents me from lifting heavy weights off the floor, but i can manage if they are conveniently positioned, for example, on a table. Oswestry disability index reports considered by ss. The measure is found in both operative and nonoperative studies, as well as randomized and nonrandomized cohort studies looking at. Patients completed the odit, rolandmorris disability questionnaire. Pdf oswestry disability index scoring made easy researchgate.
Oswestry disability index odi one of the most common patientreported outcome measures proms used to quantify disability related to lower back pain is the oswestry disability index odi. Modified oswestry neck pain disability questionnairea. Oswestry disability index section 1 pain intensity i have no pain at the moment. The spinal intersection of a line, joining the dim ples of venus and two. The pain is bad but i manage without having to take pain medication. It is designed to give us information as to how your back or leg trouble has affected your ability to manage in everyday life. Odi a questionnaire that requires a patient to rate the effect of back pain on 10 different activities, each having six levels of disability.
The oswestry disability index is used in the pain management of spinal disorders to evaluate the impact of the patients condition on their ability to perform daily lifestyle activities. The test is considered the gold standard of low back functional outcome tools 1. The oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire. Pdf originally published in 1980, the oswestry disability index odi is a validated, 10point patientreported outcome questionnaire. May 14, 2019 psychometric evaluation of the oswestry disability index in patients with chronic low back pain. To translate and crossculturally adapt the oswestry disability index odi to. Please answer every section and mark in each section only the one box that applies to you. It is designed to give us information as to how your back or leg trouble affects your ability. The normative score and the cutoff value of the oswestry.
Revised oswestry disability index this questionnaire has been designed to give the doctor information as to how your back pain has affected your ability to manage everyday life. Oswestry disability index, oswestry disability scale. Within each trial, the change score between baseline and shortterm. The index is a self report questionnaire that takes less than 5 minutes to complete and consists of 10 items, each with 6 answer choices on a scale from 0 to 5.
This questionnaire has been designed to give your therapist information as to how your neck pain has affected your ability to manage in everyday life. The test was designed to assess patients with failed back surgery, but it is widely used for nonsurgical patients with other spinal conditions. Oswestry back disability index front range center for. Pain medication provides me complete relief from pain. The oswestry disability index odi has become one of the principal conditionspecific outcome measures used in the management of spinal disorders. Please visit proqolideprovide for more information. Score disability level 0 4 no disability 5 14 mild disability 15 24 moderate disability 25 34 severe disability 35 50 completely disabled the oswestry disability index aka the oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire is an extremely important tool that researchers and disability evaluators use to measure a patients permanent. The aims of eurospine are to stimulate the exchange of knowledge and ideas in the field of research, prevention and treatment of spine diseases and related problems and to coordinate efforts undertaken in european countries for further development in this field. Occasionally, a respondent will not complete one question or another. Pain intensity i can tolerate the pain i have without having to use pain killers. It is designed to tell us how your back pain affects your ability to function in e. Please answer by checking one box in each section for the statement which best applies to you. Oswestry disability index odi patientreported outcome.
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