Table 1

Instruments used to select items for the preliminary item database

Instrument (acronym) [reference]
Number of items

Arthritic Impact Measurement Scales (1 & 2) (AIMS) [42]
150
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) [53]
21
Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System (CARES) [54]
140
Center for Epidemiologic Studies – Depressed Mood Scale (CES-D) [43]
20
Clinical Back Pain Questionnaire (CBPQ) [55]
19
Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) [56]
68
Disability Rating Index (DRI) [57]
12
EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire – C30 (EORTC) [58]
30
EuroQol (EQ-5D) [17]
5
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scales (FACT) [41]
177
Functional Living Index: Cancer (FLIC) [59]
22
General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) [60]
28
Health Utilities Index, Mark 2 (HUI2) [16]
7
Health Utilities Index, Mark 3 (HUI3) [16]
8
Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment Instrument (MFAI) [61]
120
McMaster Toronto Arthritis Patient Preference Disability Questionnaire (MACTAR) [62]
5
McMaster Health Index Questionnaire (MHIQ) [63]
74
Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHOQ) [64]
37
90 S Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) [15]
36
Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ) [65]
9
National Population Health Survey Questionnaire (NPHS) [66]
10
North American Spine Society Low Back Pain Outcome Instrument (NASS) [67]
46
Nottingham Health Profile, Version 2 (NHP) [68]
30
Pain Disability Index (PDI) [69]
7
Profile of Mood States (POMS) [70]
65
Revised Oswestry Pain Questionnaire (OPQ) [71]
10
Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life (RAQoL) [72]
30
Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSC) [73]
39
Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) [74]
136
Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire (modified) (HAQ) [50]
20
WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) [51]
24
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) [75]
20

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