Does a VAS meet your expectations or would measuring the patient's pain threshold with a diadynamic current be possible for you?

Hello Jos Gielen,

A suitable and quickly tool could be the chronic pain grade questionnaire (CPG), a multidimensional measure that assesses pain intensity and pain-related disability in all chronic pain conditions, including chronic musculoskeletal and low back pain.

Subscale scores for pain intensity and disability are combined to calculate a chronic pain grade that enables classification of chronic pain patients into 5 hierarchical categories: grades 0 (no pain) to IV (high disability-severely limiting).

Also Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ) should be good

Hello Jos. Check out an article that you can download on my Research Gate Publications. The authors are Elin Dysvik and Paul Stephens. Elin is the expert here, so if she is not on Research gate, you can find her email on the webpage of University of Stavanger. Best wishes and good luck, Paul

Thanks for the answers

Are there digital Version s? which patients fill out on a Tablet and scoring is running on the background?

Dear Jos,

The basic question is not to have a quick method to measure improvement or outcome.Thee basic question is 'how to find the optimal instrument to measure improvement or outcome based on individual health problems of patients'. We have described five steps in selecting the most appropriate instruments or questionnaires in Chapter 41 of Grieve's Modern Manual Therapy (ed. by JD Boyling and GA Jull, 2004): RAHM Swinkels and RAB Oostendorp. Outcomes assessments and measurement in spinal musculoskeletal disorders. I have attached the file of this chapter.

Best wishes,

Rob Oostendorp.

In our setting time is a important issue

but the optinal instrument is yes important

Hi Jos,

In the primary care setting which is very fast paced, I use the BPI or Brief Pain Inventory, for pre and post measure along with the PEG, a three question well studied little gem. I use the PEG every week or every visit, while the BPI is a bit longer, though not overly time consuming. We keep it real simple but well studied here!Hope this helps! the PEG is easily used in charting as well.

Warmly,

Mary

thanks Mary