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Hi Paul There are many, many measures you could choose from! I recommend you choose 1 a tool to measure function 2 a tool to measure quality of life 3 a tool to measure some psychosocial factors Try looking at; 1 Deyo RA, et al [1998] Outcome Measures for low back pain research. A proposal for standardized use. Spine 23 18 2003-2013 It summarises with a proposed core outcome measure which is very simple and I was suprised how useful it was in a small project I was working on. 2 Ruta DA, et al [1999] Patient centred assessment of quality of life for patients with 4 common condition. Quality in Healthcare 8:22-29 The tool that it evaluates is the Patient Generated Index (PGI). Again I found it useful, but my experience was that you had to spend time to make sure people filled in all the details. It is a little overwhelming to look at, but everybody managed. The benefit is that the people choose their own individual quality of life issues to measure outcome of intervention against. PGI info and forms can be found at www.dundee.ac.uk/epidemiology/pgi <http://www.dundee.ac.uk/epidemiology/pgi> I came across it through the www.nice.org <http://www.nice.org> .uk In this web site you need to click on data base and at the bottom of the page search on line. From what I remember there is a CSP link or data base which listed all outcome measures used in physiotherapy including musculoskeletal problems. Again you may find this a useful source. I had some difficulties accessing the database. If you have a similar problem let me know and I'll check what I did. I hope this helps! Shona Scott -----Original Message----- From: Paul Enthoven [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 11 July 2000 17:04 To: Physio Subject: follow up questionnaires Dear List We are interested in following patients who seek help in primary health care because of back pain problems. Which instrument is best to follow changes in disability over time for this kind of patients? Thank you for your reaction Paul Enthoven Department of Neuroscience and Locomotion: Div of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköpings Universitet SE-581 85 Linköping tel +46 13 221792 fax +46 13 221706 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%