| Name of the Instrument/Tool | Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale |
| First Description |
Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Abrahamowicz M, Abenhaim L, Wood-Dauphinee S, Lamping DL, et al. The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale. Measurement properties. Spine. 1995;20(3):341-52. |
| Year | 1995 |
| Domains | |
| Concept of constructs | Physical function |
| Population/Disease | Disease specific |
| Originally developed for | Low Back Pain (LBP) |
| 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 | Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish |
| REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION | |
| Author/s | Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Abrahamowicz M, Abenhaim L, Wood-Dauphinee S, Lamping DL, et al |
| Title | The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale. Measurement properties. |
| Journal | Spine |
| Year | 1995 |
| Vol | 20 |
| Num | 3 |
| Pages | 341-52 |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Other references of interest | |
| No other References. | |
| Link | . |
| Brief Description | --- |
| Instrument/Tool Translations References | |
| Link | Alnahhal A, May S.Validation of the Arabic version of the qu … |
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arabic version |
| Link | Melikoglu MA, Kocabas H, Sezer I, Bilgilisoy M, Tuncer T. V … |
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turkish version |
| Link | Valasek T, Varga PP, Szövérfi Z, Kümin M, Fairbank J, Lazary … |
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hungarian version |
| DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Correspondence to | Kopec JA |
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| Address | Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Canada |
| Website | http://www.tac.vic.gov.au/media/upload/quebec_scale.pdf |
| Available | --- |
| Links | |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT | |
| Type Of Measure | Questionnaire, Scale |
| Brief Description |
20 items : assess the degree of disability in patient with back pain. Assess disability by evaluating the following daily tasks: self-care, sleeping, walking, climbing stairs, sitting, standing, lifting large or heavy objects, bending and stooping, physical activities and houseworks |
| Number of Items | 20 |
| Range | six-point difficult scale |
| Responses options/scale |
Yes which ranges between 0 and 100. |
| Developed for | --- |
| PRACTICAL APPLICATION | |
| Method of administration | Self-administered |
| Recommendations to score |
Items are not weighted and the total score is calculated by adding up the scores of each items. There are no specific instructions in case of item omission. Sometimes scores are given for each domain Answer the Questionnaire according to the difficulty patients have to perform the activities the current day (“today”) |
| Score Interpretation | The higher values represent greater disability (0=no disability; 100= maximal disability) |
| Cut-off points | --- |
| Cut-off points applied to | --- |
| Smallest detectable change if described | 13 and 15 points |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | Research, Routine care |
| Completion time by the patient | 5-10 minutes |
| Scoring time by the assessor | 0 minutes |
| Training to score | less than 2_minutes |
| Strengths | Widely used |
| Limitations | --- |
| OTHER COMMENTS | |
| Other Comments |
No significant floor or ceiling effects were observed Despite the rather good clinimetric properties, the use of the quebec back pain disability still remains much less frequent than the rolland morris questionnaire or oswestry Absence of a consesnus ragarding interpretability values resulting from the limited studies with a high level of hétérogeneity makes the interpretations of individual score change difficult |
