| Name of the Instrument/Tool | Occupational Role Questionnaire (ORQ) |
| First Description |
Kopec JA, Esdaile JM. Occupational role performance in persons with back pain. Disability and rehabilitation. 1998;20(10):373-9. |
| Year | 1998 |
| Domains | |
| Concept of constructs | Satisfaction, Work |
| Population/Disease | Disease specific |
| Originally developed for | Low Back Pain (LBP) |
| Other rheumatic diseases where can be applied (only if validated) |
Low Back Pain (LBP) |
| Additional population with no rheumatic diseases |
No |
| Language: Originally published in | English |
| Available in Language | English |
| REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION | |
| Author/s | Kopec JA |
| Title | Occupational role performance in persons with back pain |
| Journal | Dis Rehabil |
| Year | 1998 |
| Vol | 20 |
| Num | --- |
| Pages | 373-379 |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Other references of interest | |
| No other References. | |
| Instrument/Tool Translations References | |
| No other References. | |
| DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Correspondence to | Kopec JA |
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| Address | Department of public health sciences, 12 queen’s park Crescent West, University of Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8 |
| Website | --- |
| Available | --- |
| Links | --- |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT | |
| Type Of Measure | Questionnaire, Scale |
| Brief Description |
assess the impact of back pain in workers. It consists of two sections: productivity (extra work, ability to work quickly, productivity/efficiency and quality of work) and satisfaction (four questions about opportunities to improve one’s skills, job security, job satisfaction and relations with co-workers) |
| Number of Items | 8 |
| Range | 0-100 |
| Responses options/scale |
Yes : four possible responses: ‘a lot’ (scored with 3 points); somewhat’ (scored with 2 points); ‘a little’ (scored with 1 point) or ‘not at all’ (scored with 0 points) |
| Developed for | --- |
| PRACTICAL APPLICATION | |
| Method of administration | Self-administered |
| Recommendations to score |
Scores for each scale and the overall score was calculated as a sum of item scores and converted to a 0-100 range |
| Score Interpretation | --- |
| Cut-off points | --- |
| Cut-off points applied to | --- |
| Smallest detectable change if described | --- |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | --- |
| Completion time by the patient | 0 minutes |
| Scoring time by the assessor | 0 minutes |
| Training to score | Not necessary |
| Strengths | Useful in clinical practice & research |
| Limitations | --- |
| OTHER COMMENTS | |
| Other Comments | --- |