Table 1 Instruments used to select items for the preliminary item database
Instrument (acronym) [reference] | Number of items |
|---|---|
Arthritic Impact Measurement Scales (1 & 2) (AIMS) [42] | 150 |
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) [53] | 21 |
Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System (CARES) [54] | 140 |
Center for Epidemiologic Studies – Depressed Mood Scale (CES-D) [43] | 20 |
Clinical Back Pain Questionnaire (CBPQ) [55] | 19 |
Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) [56] | 68 |
Disability Rating Index (DRI) [57] | 12 |
EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire – C30 (EORTC) [58] | 30 |
EuroQol (EQ-5D) [17] | 5 |
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scales (FACT) [41] | 177 |
Functional Living Index: Cancer (FLIC) [59] | 22 |
General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) [60] | 28 |
Health Utilities Index, Mark 2 (HUI2) [16] | 7 |
Health Utilities Index, Mark 3 (HUI3) [16] | 8 |
Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment Instrument (MFAI) [61] | 120 |
McMaster Toronto Arthritis Patient Preference Disability Questionnaire (MACTAR) [62] | 5 |
McMaster Health Index Questionnaire (MHIQ) [63] | 74 |
Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHOQ) [64] | 37 |
90 S Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) [15] | 36 |
Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ) [65] | 9 |
National Population Health Survey Questionnaire (NPHS) [66] | 10 |
North American Spine Society Low Back Pain Outcome Instrument (NASS) [67] | 46 |
Nottingham Health Profile, Version 2 (NHP) [68] | 30 |
Pain Disability Index (PDI) [69] | 7 |
Profile of Mood States (POMS) [70] | 65 |
Revised Oswestry Pain Questionnaire (OPQ) [71] | 10 |
Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life (RAQoL) [72] | 30 |
Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSC) [73] | 39 |
Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) [74] | 136 |
Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire (modified) (HAQ) [50] | 20 |
WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) [51] | 24 |
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) [75] | 20 |