1 Before you use it
What it is
Seven items covering pain, function, social activity, anxiety, depression, fear-avoidance and work — a deliberately biopsychosocial short form, with neck and low back versions.
Its selling point is that it samples all the domains in the time a single-domain questionnaire takes.
When to reach for it
When you want one short questionnaire rather than three. Useful on a busy placement list where the realistic choice is between this and nothing.
Patterns it serves · 2
2 Giving it
Scoring
Seven items, 0–10 each, summed to 0–70. Higher means worse. Report the subscale items as well as the total — that is where the information is.
What it doesn’t measure
Depth in any single domain. One item per construct is a screen, not a measurement. If anxiety or fear-avoidance is the finding, follow it with the instrument built for it.
3 Reading the score
Interpreting it
Interpret against baseline.
Read item by item. A total of 35 driven by anxiety and fear-avoidance is a different plan from a total of 35 driven by pain and function.
Is the change real?
Student trap. Reporting only the total. One number across seven domains hides the thing you were trying to find.
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This is a learning tool. It does not diagnose patients and does not replace your clinical educator.
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