The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery

The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery

Oswestry Disability Index, Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire, and Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale: Responsiveness and Minimal Clinically Important Changes in Iranian People with Lumbar Disc Herniation Following Physiotherapy

Document Type : RESEARCH PAPER

Authors
Hajar Ghaderi Niri
Tabasom Ghanavati
Neda Mostafaee
Zahar Salahzadeh
Akram Divandari
Hakimeh Adigozali
Jalal Ahadi
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
10.22038/abjs.2023.72246.3366
Abstract
Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the responsiveness of the Persian version of the 
Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ), and Quebec Back 
Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS) and detect minimal clinically important changes (MCICs) of these 
questionnaires in people with lumbar disc herniation.
Methods: Ninety-two patients with lumbar herniated disc completed the Persianversion of the ODI, RMDQ, and 
QBPDS before and after the physiotherapy intervention. Additionally, they completed a global rating of change scale 
after the final physiotherapy session to give an account of non-improved and improved outcomes. The 
responsiveness of these three disability questionnaires was represented by Receiver Operating Characteristic 
(ROC) and correlation analyses. The MCIC was defined as the best cut-off when sensitivity and specificity were 
optimally balanced.
Results: Area under the ROC curves are in the acceptable range for ODI and QBPDS (0.78 and 0.70, respectively). 
Moreover, ODI, RMDQ, and QBPDS have significant positive fair to moderate correlation with the external anchor 
(P<0.001). The MCIC values for ODI, RMDQ, and QBPDS were 13, 5.5, and 14.5 points, respectively.
Conclusion: Our results revealed that the ODI and QBPDS questionnaires have adequate responsiveness to detect 
improvements in the functional status of lumbar herniated disc patients following a physiotherapy treatment. 
Therefore, the ODI and QBPDS seem to be superior to the RMDQ for use in randomized clinical trials and clinical 
settings in patients with herniated lumbar discs. The MCIC scores of 13 and 14.5 obtained for the ODI and QBPDS 
can help to identify important changes in the clinical status of an individual patient and treatment efficacy.
 Level of evidence: IV
Keywords
Clinimetric properties
Disability questionnaires
Low back pain
Persian
Subjects
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The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery
Volume 12, Issue 1
January 2024
Pages 58-65

  • Receive Date 12 May 2023
  • Revise Date 12 November 2023
  • Accept Date 30 October 2023