TheRoland-MorrisDisabilityQuestionnaire
Whenyourbackhurts,you mayfinditdifficult todosomeof thethingsyounormallydo.
Thislist containssentences that peoplehaveused todescribethemselveswhen they havebackpain.When you readthem,you mayfind thatsomestandout because they describeyoutoday.
Asyou readthelist, thinkofyourselftoday.Whenyou readasentencethatdescribes you today,put atickagainstit.Ifthesentencedoesnot describeyou, thenleave the spaceblankandgoonto thenextone.Remember, onlytick thesentenceifyouare sureit describesyou today.
1.Istayathomemostof thetimebecauseof myback.
2.Ichangepositionfrequentlytotryandgetmybackcomfortable.
3.Iwalkmoreslowlythanusualbecauseofmyback.
4.Becauseof mybackIamnotdoinganyof thejobsthatIusuallydoaroundthehouse.
5.Becauseof myback,Iuseahandrailtogetupstairs.
6.Becauseof myback,Ilie downtorestmoreoften.
7.Becauseof myback,Ihaveto holdontosomethingtogetoutof aneasychair.
8.Becauseof myback,Itrytogetotherpeopletodo thingsforme.
9.Igetdressedmoreslowlythenusualbecauseof myback.
10. Ionlystandforshortperiodsof timebecauseofmyback.
11. Becauseof myback,Itrynotto bendorkneeldown.
12. Ifinditdifficulttogetoutofachairbecauseof myback.
13. My back is painful almost all the time.
14. Ifinditdifficulttoturnoverinbedbecauseof myback.
15. Myappetiteisnot verygoodbecauseof mybackpain.
16. Ihavetroubleputtingonmysocks(orstockings)becauseof thepaininmyback.
17. Ionlywalkshortdistancesbecauseofmyback.
18. Isleeplesswellbecauseofmyback.
19. Becauseof mybackpain,Igetdressedwithhelpfromsomeoneelse.
20. Isitdownformostof thedaybecauseofmyback.
21. Iavoidheavyjobsaroundthehousebecauseofmyback.
22. Becauseof mybackpain,Iammoreirritableandbadtemperedwithpeoplethanusual.
23. Becauseof myback,Igoupstairsmoreslowlythanusual.
24. Istayin bedmostof thetimebecauseof myback.
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Thisquestionnaireistakenfrom:RolandMO,MorrisRW.Astudyofthenaturalhistory ofbackpain. Part1:Developmentofa reliableandsensitive measureofdisability inlow backpain. Spine1983; 8:141-144
Thescoreof theRDQ isthetotal numberofitemschecked–i.e. from aminimumof 0to a maximum of24.
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