| Name of the Instrument/Tool | Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire (OPAQ™) |
| First Description |
Silverman SL. The Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire (OPAQ): a reliable and valid disease-targeted measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in osteoporosis. Quality of Life Research. 2000;9(1):767-74 |
| Year | 2000 |
| Domains | |
| Concept of constructs | Health related quality of life |
| Population/Disease | Disease specific |
| Originally developed for | Osteoporosis (OP) |
| 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 | English |
| REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION | |
| Author/s | Silverman SL. |
| Title | The Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire (OPAQ): a reliable and valid disease-targeted measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in osteoporosis. |
| Journal | Quality of Life Research |
| Year | 2000 |
| Vol | 9 |
| Num | (1) |
| Pages | 767-74 |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
| Other references of interest | |
| Link | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00198-011-1625-y |
| Brief Description |
Measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in osteoporotic males using the Male OPAQ |
| Instrument/Tool Translations References | |
| No other References. | |
| DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION | |
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| DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT | |
| Type Of Measure | Questionnaire |
| Brief Description |
The Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire (OPAQ) is a reliable and valid disease-targeted self assessment questionnaire of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in osteoporosis ®rst developed in 1993. OPAQ has been used in two international multicenter trials. OPAQ structure includes 14±18 domains which may be grouped into four dimensions: physical function, emotional status, symptoms and social interaction. OPAQ exists in two long versions: OPAQ 1.0 (73 questions) and OPAQ 2.0 (60 questions) OPAQ also exists as a short version: OPAQ-SV (34 questions) with three dimensions: physical function, emotional status and back pain. |
| Number of Items | OPAQ 1.0 (84 questions), OPAQ 2.0 (60 questions), OPAS SV (34 questions) |
| Range | 0-100 |
| Responses options/scale |
Yes 5 different response options for all questions except question 26 |
| Developed for | Both |
| PRACTICAL APPLICATION | |
| Method of administration | Self-administered |
| Recommendations to score |
Domain scores are added with same dimension and then normalized to a range from 0 (bad health status) to 100 (best possible health status) |
| Score Interpretation | High value indicates better health status. |
| Cut-off points | --- |
| Cut-off points applied to | --- |
| Smallest detectable change if described | --- |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | --- |
| Completion time by the patient | and 15-20 minutes for OPAQ Short version. minutes |
| Scoring time by the assessor | 0 minutes |
| Training to score | Not necessary |
| Strengths | Easy to use, Useful in clinical practice & research |
| Limitations | Copyrighted, Lengthy |
| OTHER COMMENTS | |
| Other Comments | --- |