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Responsiveness of the Balanced Inventory for Spinal Disorders, A Questionnaire for Evaluation of Outcomes in Patients with various Spinal Disorders

Author(s): Elisabeth Svensson, Birgitta Schillberg, Xin Zhao and Bo Nystrm

Responsiveness of the Balanced Inventory for Spinal Disorders, A Questionnaire for Evaluation of Outcomes in Patients with various Spinal Disorders

Background: The Balanced Inventory for Spinal disorders, BIS, is a questionnaire for evaluating the extent to which spinal disorders affect perceived pain, physical and mental health, social life and quality of life. The validity and the test-retest reliability of assessments have previously been reported.

Objective: To evaluate the responsiveness of the BIS items and of comparable items of the Short-Form-36 (SF-36), the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and the European Quality-of-Life Scale (EQ-5D... view more»

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