Roland Morris questionnaire characteristics

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It is a very simple questionnaire called the Roland-Morris questionnaire after the doctors who first developed it. It reflects the degree of disability that you are suffering today.

Its original reference is "Roland M, Morris R. A study of the natural history of back pain: Part I. Spine 1983;8:141-144". The Spanish version has been adapted transculturally and validated by the Kovacs Foundation in collaboration with a team of researchers from various hospitals, the Kovacs Foundation itself and various primary medical care centers of INSALUD. It is currently awaiting publication.

Studies have demonstrated that the Roland-Morris questionnaire is reliable and valid for evaluating the disability that can be cause by back pain, that is, the limitations on daily activities that this may imply.

For example, if a person that assessed his disability as 10 points on the Roland-Morris questionnaire two weeks before is now at 5 points, it can be reliably deduced that he is less limited in his daily activities and, consequently, his disability has improved.

If you would like to see how this scale is carried out, go to the "Evalute your disability" section.