Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (OMSPQ)
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Type
- Discriminative
- Predictive
Description
- Predicts long-term disability and failure to return to work when completed between 4 to 12 weeks.
- Scores of 130 or above predict those who failed to return to work in studies. Scores of 105 or below predict recovery and those who will not take sick leave.
- See a frequently asked questions document by one of the authors of the OMSPQ.
Advantages
- While the short form (OMSPQ-10) has replaced the OMSPQ in many clinical practices, the longer version gives more clinical information.
- The person's responses to each item may provide significant insights into their thoughts and beliefs about their pain and as such add value to the clinical assessment process.
- Screening tools allow for risk factors and barriers to recovery to be addressed early via the implementation of early psychosocial interventions.
- Available in many languages.
Precautions or limitations
- Scoring is a little complex.
- Has not been validated as an evaluative measure.
- Should be introduced in the first 3 months after an injury.
Short Form Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (OMSPQ-10)
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Type
- Discriminative
- Predictive
Description
- An easier-to-use version of the OMSPQ to identify risk of disability and long-term work absence.
- A score of 50 or higher indicates a risk of long-term disability.
- See a frequently asked questions document by one of the authors of the OMSPQ.
Advantages
- Shorter and easier to score than the original form of the Orebro.
- The person's responses to each item may provide significant insights into their thoughts and beliefs about their pain and as such add value to the clinical assessment process or indicate that referral to other clinicians is appropriate.
- Screening tools allow for risk factors and barriers to recovery to be addressed early via the implementation of early psychosocial interventions.
- Available in many languages.
Precautions or limitations
- Has not been validated as an evaluative measure.
- Should be introduced in the first 3 months after an injury.
Keele STarT Back Screening Tool
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- Access the Keele STarT Back Screening Tool
Type
- Discriminative
- Predictive
Description
- An easy-to-use measure for primary care clinicians to categorise patients with back pain into 3 risk related groups with a stratified care approach to clinical care.
- See the implementation manual.
Advantages
- Allows clients to be stratified within the practice. Clinicians with experience of psychologically informed practice can see higher-risk clients. Newer graduates can start off with lower-risk clients and can be mentored when they transition to seeing higher-risk clients.
- Simple scoring.
- Available in many languages.
Precautions or limitations
- It’s important to understand the background before using STarTBack as a stratified care methodology rather than just a screening tool.
WhipPredict
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- Access the WhipPredict
Type
- Discriminative
- Predictive
Description
- A clinical prediction rule for whiplash that stratifies clients into 3 groups at various levels of risk of developing moderate / severe disability or experiencing full recovery following whiplash injury.
Advantages
- Allows clients to be stratified within the practice. Clinicians with experience of psychologically informed practice can see higher-risk clients. Newer graduates can start off with lower-risk clients and can be mentored when they transition to seeing higher-risk clients.
- More nuanced than using the Neck Disability Index alone as it includes aspects of hyperarousal that may represent posttraumatic stress.
Precautions or limitations
- Further research is being undertaken as of 2019 to investigate treatment based on risk classification.