Most clinicians ask their patients to rate whether their health condition has improved or
deteriorated over time and then use this information to guide management decisions. Many …

Four important domains directly related to low back pain are: pain intensity, low-back-pain-
specific disability, patient satisfaction with treatment outcome, and work disability. Within …

Designing and Conducting Health Surveys is written for students, teachers, researchers, and
anyone who conducts health surveys. This third edition of the standard reference in the field …

Background The objective of this study was to develop and psychometrically evaluate a
general measure of patients' satisfaction with medication, the Treatment Satisfaction …

OBJECTIVE: To explore what determines people's satisfaction with the health-care system
above and beyond their experience as patients. METHODS: Data on health system …

Table of contents: I. Structure and function of joints, connective tissue, and muscle. II.
Immune and inflammatory responses. III. Evaluation of the patient. IV. Special issues of the …

Study Design. Outcome study to determine response distribution, internal consistency,
reproducibility, and concurrent validity of the Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22) health …

Background: Yoga is effective for mild to moderate chronic low back pain (cLBP), but its
comparative effectiveness with physical therapy (PT) is unknown. Moreover, little is known …

The purpose of this prospective, single site cohort quasi-experimental study was to
determine the responsiveness of the numerical rating scale (NRS), Roland–Morris disability …

Purpose The inclusion of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in the routine clinical
care of chronically ill patients has the potential to add valuable information about the impact …