| Name of the Instrument/Tool | Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) |
| First Description |
Roach KE, Budiman-Mak E, Songsiridej N, Lertratanakul Y. Development of a shoulder pain and disability index. Arthritis Care Res. 1991 Dec;4(4):143-9. |
| Year | 1991 |
| Domains | |
| Concept of constructs | Pain, Physical function |
| Population/Disease | Disease specific |
| Originally developed for | Shoulder pathology |
| Other rheumatic diseases where can be applied (only if validated) |
--- |
| Additional population with no rheumatic diseases |
No |
| Language: Originally published in | English |
| Available in Language | Spanish, Persian, Turkish, Danish, Japanese, Thai, Portuguese, English, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Arabic, Chinese, Nepali, Italian |
| REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION | |
| Author/s | Roach KE, Budiman-Mak E, Songsiridej N, Lertratanakul Y. |
| Title | Development of a shoulder pain and disability index. |
| Journal | Arthritis Rheum |
| Year | 1991 |
| Vol | 4 |
| Num | --- |
| Pages | 143-149 |
| Country | --- |
| Language | English |
| Other references of interest | |
| Link | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19405008/ |
| Brief Description |
Measuring shoulder function: a systematic review of four questionnaires. |
| Link | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33091271/ |
| Brief Description |
Measures of Adult Shoulder Function. |
| Link | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21843839/ |
| Brief Description |
Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI). |
| Instrument/Tool Translations References | |
| Link | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26927584/ |
| Brief Description |
Spanish version of SPADI (shoulder pain and disability index) in musculoskeletal shoulder pain: a new 10-items version after confirmatory factor analysis. |
| Link | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22500061/ |
| Brief Description |
Italian cross-cultural adaptation and validation of three different scales for the evaluation of shoulder pain and dysfunction after neck dissection: University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) Shoulder Scale, Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) and Simple Shoulder Test (SST) |
| Link | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33025826/ |
| Brief Description |
Measurement properties of translated versions of the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index: A systematic review |
| DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Correspondence to | Kathryn E Roach |
| keroach@miami.edu | |
| Address | University of Miami, FL (UM) |
| Website | --- |
| Available | --- |
| Links | --- |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT | |
| Type Of Measure | Questionnaire |
| Brief Description |
The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) is a self-administered questionnaire that consists of two dimensions, one for pain and the other for functional activities. The pain dimension consists of five questions regarding the severity of an individual's pain. Functional activities are assessed with eight questions designed to measure the degree of difficulty an individual has with various activities of daily living that require upper-extremity use. The SPADI takes 5 to 10 minutes for a patient to complete and is the only reliable and valid region-specific measure for the shoulder. |
| Number of Items | There are 13 items divided into two subscales: pain (5 items) and disability (8 items). |
| Range | 0-100 |
| Responses options/scale |
Yes All items were originally rated using a visual analog scale (VAS) |
| Developed for | Both |
| PRACTICAL APPLICATION | |
| Method of administration | Self-administered |
| Recommendations to score |
Each item is scored from 0 (best) to 10 (worst). A minimum of two-thirds of the questions must be answered in each subscale in order to calculate a score. The subscore is the sum of scored items divided by the maximum possible score multiplied by 100%. The total SPADI score is the unweighted mean of the pain and disability subscales. Verbal anchors for the pain dimension are ‘no pain at all’ and ‘worst pain imaginable’, and those for the functional activities are ‘no difficulty’ and ‘so difficult it required help’. |
| Score Interpretation | Possible scores range from 0 (best) to 100 (worst). |
| Cut-off points | --- |
| Cut-off points applied to | --- |
| Smallest detectable change if described | The minimal detectable change (MDC) for the SPADI total score has been estimated to be 18.1 points |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | --- |
| Completion time by the patient | 2 (1-4) minutes |
| Scoring time by the assessor | 5 minutes |
| Training to score | Not necessary |
| Strengths | Easy to use, Useful in clinical practice & research, Widely used |
| Limitations | --- |
| OTHER COMMENTS | |
| Other Comments | --- |