Table 1.

The questionnaire and the clinical examination criteria in “Repetitive task” and “Pays de la Loire” surveys.

-	-	“Repetitive task” survey		“Pays de la Loire” survey
Type of criteria		“Complete”*	“Restricted” *	-
Years		1993–1994 1996–1997	1993–1994 1996–1997	2002–2003
ULWMSD questionnaire	Place	The worker alone in the occupational health service	The worker alone in the occupational health service	The worker alone in the occupational health service
	Number of pages	10	10	3
	Place in the questionnaire	At the end	At the end	At the beginning
	Symptoms	Pain and discomfort	Pain and discomfort	Ache, pain, discomfort
	Recall period	Six months	Six months	Twelve months
	Region	Neck/shoulder to fingers	Neck/shoulder to fingers	Shoulder to fingers
	Drawing	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Criteria for positive case	At least one symptom in the last 6 months	At least one symptom in the last 6 months	At least one symptom in the last 12 months/or last week
Clinical examination	Criteria	Standardized criteria specific of the study	Standardized criteria specific of the study	SALTSA criteria
	Number of clinicians	39 in 1993–1994 18 in 1996–1997	39 in 1993–1994 18 in 1996–1997	80
	Number of disorders	33 in 1993–1994 35 in 1996–1997	6 6	6
	Uncommon disorders	Yes	No	No
	Specific tests	Systematic specific tests	Systematic specific tests	Specific test if symptoms at the interview by the practitioner
	Blinding of examiners (towards symptoms)	No	No	No
	Criteria for positive case	Positive if: -proved diagnosis at the examination -proved diagnosis before to the examination -suspected diagnosis	Positive if: -proved diagnosis at the examination -proved diagnosis before to the examination -suspected diagnosis	Positive if one specific test was positive

^*“complete”, analyses considering all the disorders in the clinical examination; “restricted”, analyses restricted to six disorders.