Table 2.

Content and question-and-answer characteristics of the chosen evaluation tools using the ICF classification

Characteristic	ODI	RMDQ	LBOS	QBPDS	MVAS	ALBDS	NASS LSO	LBPRS	WDI
Assessment of
Pain	1a	1a	1a	–	1a	1a	1a	1a	–
Sleep	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a
Self-care	2	2	–	2	–	2	–	–	–
Walking	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sitting	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Standing	2	2	–	2	2	2	2	–	2
Lifting	2	2	–	2	–	–	2	2	2
Sex life	2	–	2	–	–	–	2	–	2
Travelling	2	–	2	–	–	–	2	–	2
Social life	3	–	–	–	3	–	3	3	3
Work	–	2	2	–	2	–	–	2	–
Dressing	–	2	2	–	–	–	2	2	2
Sport	–	–	2	2	–	2	–	–	–
Stairs	–	2	–	2	–	–	–	2	–
Housework	–	2	2	2	–	2	–	2	–
Resting	–	2	2	–	–	2	–	–	–
Appetite	–	1a	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Need of help	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Psychological factors	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1a	–
Need of treatment	–	–	X.9	–	–	–	–	–	–
Need of medicaments	–	–	X.8	–	X.8	X.8	–	–	–
Car driving	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	2	–
Throwing	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
Stiffness	–	–	–	–	1a	–	–	–	–
Twisting	–	–	–	–	1a	–	–	–	–
Bending	–	–	–	–	–	1a	–	–	–
Loss of feelings	–	–	–	–	–	1b	1b	–	–
Leg weakness	–	–	–	–	–	1b	1b	–	–
Special features	–	–	A VAS is used for pain, but not for the rest	–	–	–	SF36 and health survey item 18–28 are included	VAS for pain	–
Question’s targets	1 clear target	1–2 targets	1 target	1–2 targets	1–2 targets	1–2 targets	1–2 targets	1–2 targets	1–2 targets
Answer levels	2 or more	Yes/no	1–2	1	1	1 (some more)	1–2	1	1
Answer type	Text	Yes/no	Text	Scale	Scale	Text	Text	Scale	Yes/no
Answer scale	Scaled text	Yes/no	Scaled text	0–5	0–11	Scaled text	Scaled text	0–3	Yes/no
Scoring points	0–50	0–24	0–75	100	150	0–100	0–102	0–90	0–9