This questionnaire has been designed to assess how your back or leg pain is affecting your ability to manage in everyday life.
The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is a validated questionnaire used to measure low back pain and its impact on daily activities. It consists of 10 items, each scored from 0 to 5 points, with a maximum total score of 50 points. The score is converted to a percentage to interpret the level of disability:
The Oswestry Disability Index was developed by Fairbank et al. in 1980 and has since become one of the most widely used outcome measures for low back pain. It has demonstrated strong reliability and validity across various studies and is considered the gold standard for measuring functional disability in patients with low back pain.
Reference: Fairbank JC, Couper J, Davies JB, O'Brien JP. The Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire. Physiotherapy. 1980;66(8):271-273.
The Oswestry Disability Index was developed by Dr. Jeremy Fairbank and colleagues in 1980 at the Oswestry Orthopaedic Hospital in the United Kingdom. It was originally designed to assess functional disability in patients with low back pain.
The tool has been validated in numerous studies and is widely used in clinical practice and research to measure patient outcomes and treatment effectiveness for low back pain conditions.
This questionnaire has been designed to give us information as to how your back or leg pain is affecting your ability to manage in everyday life. Please answer by placing a check mark in each section for the statement which best applies to you. We realize you may consider that two or more statements in any one section apply but please just check the box that indicates the statement which most clearly describes your problem.
