Spine Outcomes Measures and Instruments evaluates and summarizes more than 100 outcomes
instruments for the spine and its associated diseases. The book addresses important questions
such as: What outcomes are important to patients and clinicians? Which questions are used to
build a specific outcomes instrument? How is a specific instrument scored? Is it completed by
the clinician or the patient? Has the instrument undergone validity or reliability testing? In
what population was it validated and how did it perform? The book is divided into the
following core domains including function pain disability (physical) disability
(psychosocial) patient satisfaction and general health. Each instrument is displayed on two
side-by-side pages with a summary of its content a summary of any validity reliability or
responsiveness a score for clinical utility and an overall score. More than 400 easy-to-read
charts tables and color graphics facilitate comprehension of core concepts. Spine Outcomes
Measures and Instruments is an invaluable tool for spine surgeons neurosurgeons and
orthopedic surgeons who treat patients with spine conditions. Physiatrists family practice
physicians rheumatologists musculoskeletal pain specialists nurses physical therapists
occupational therapists and other health professionals who encounter outcomes instruments will
also appreciate the comprehensive scope of this text.
