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. 2009 Mar 11;2:21–47. doi: 10.2147/jpr.s4949
Occupational issues Obstacles to Return-to-Work Questionnaire (ObsRWQ)85
Expectations Patient Centered Outcomes Questionnaire (PCOQ)149
Medical Rehabilitation Follow Along measure (MRFA) – Musculoskeletal form150
Yellow flags Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (ÖMPSQ). This uses exactly the same wording as the Acute Low Back Screening Questionnaire (Yellow Flgs) already in use by ACC in the Acute Low Back Pain guidelines.151
The ÖMPSQ includes a wide range of body parts likely to be affected by musculoskeletal pain.
Obstacles to Return-to-Work Questionnaire (ObsRWQ) (listed above)85 contains items relating to depression
Pain dimensions Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)144 (original (also known as the long form))
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI-SF)144 (short form)
Glasgow Pain Questionnaire (GPQ)152
Health Background Questionnaire for Pain (HBQP)153
Hunter Integrated Pain Service (HIPS) Patient Screening Questionnaire (HIPSPSQ) (no published reference)154
Obstacles to Return-to-Work Questionnaire (ObsRWQ)85 (listed above and reporting pain experiences).
Pain Outcomes Questionnaire suite of six instruments (POQ) Intake and Pain Outcomes Questionnaire-Short Form (POQ-42, POQ-SF, POQ-DC-28 [discharged from acute care], POQ-FU-34 [at follow-up], POQ-DC-5 [satisfaction scale extracted from POQ-DC-28])155
West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (WHYMPI)91 including the WHYMPI_S (Significant Other Instrument)
Prediction of future disability (LBP only) Vermont Disability Prediction Questionnaire (VDPQ)156
Pain profiling and outcome prediction instruments Profile of Chronic Pain: Screen (PCP:S)157
Profile of Chronic Pain: Extended Assessment Battery (PCP:ES)158
Pain Outcomes Profile (POP)155
Compilation or adaptation of existing instruments Dartmouth Pain Questionnaire (DPQ) (enhancing items from McGill Pain Questionnaire [MPQ])83
Work Disability Diagnosis Interview (WDDI)84 involves interview which consists partly of questions compiled by instrument authors and partly of a range of standardised questionnaires such as the Oswestry Disability Index, Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire and Work APGAR.