ReviewEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2012
Predictive value of the Acute Low Back Pain Screening Questionnaire and the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire for persisting problems.
Review in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Early Workplace Communication and Problem Solving to Prevent Back Disability: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Among High-Risk Workers and Their Supervisors.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2016Trial
- Hypervigilance to Pain May Predict the Transition from Subacute to Chronic Back Pain: A Longitudinal Observational Study.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
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- Development and Pilot Assessment of the PACE Tool: Helping Case Managers Identify and Respond to Risk Factors in Workers' Compensation Case Management.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation of the 12-item Örebro musculoskeletal screening questionnaire to Japanese (ÖMSQ-12-J), reliability and clinicians' impressions for practicality.Journal of physical therapy science · 2017Article
- Predicting Persistent Back Symptoms by Psychosocial Risk Factors: Validity Criteria for the ÖMPSQ and the HKF-R 10 in Germany.PloS one · 2016Article
- Construct and predictive validity of the German Örebro questionnaire short form for psychosocial risk factor screening of patients with low back pain.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2016Article
- [Comparison of two screening questionnaires for patients with low back pain. Collation of risk factors for chronification].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2014Article
- Prediction of sickness absenteeism, disability pension and sickness presenteeism among employees with back pain.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2014Article
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Abstract
introductionA small proportion of individuals with non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) develop persistent problems. Up to 80% of the total costs for NSLBP are owing to chronic NSLBP. Psychosocial factors have been described to be important in the transition from acute to chronic NSLBP. Guidelines recommend the use of the Acute Low Back Pain Screening Questionnaire (ALBPSQ) and the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (ÖMPSQ) to identify individuals at risk of developing persistent problems, such as long-term absence of work, persistent restriction in function or persistent pain. These instruments can be used with a cutoff value, where patients with values above the threshold are further assessed with a more comprehensive examination.
methodsWe systematically reviewed studies evaluating the accuracy of the ALBPSQ and ÖMPSQ to predict persistent problems.
resultsThe 13 included studies used different cutoff values for the screening questionnaires ranging from 68 to 147. The pooled sensitivity was 0.59 (0.43-0.74), while the pooled specificity was 0.77 (0.66-0.86). Heterogeneity (I (2)) was 90.02% for sensitivity and 95.41% for specificity.
conclusionThus, we do not recommend the use of one cutoff value, but the use of a prediction model with all the individual items.
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