Roland-Morris disability questionnaire is bidimensional and has 16 items when applied to community-dwelling older adults with low back pain.

Kelly Sayuri Takara Larissa Alamino Pereira de Viveiro Patricia Albuquerque Moura Amélia Pasqual Marques José Eduardo Pompeu

Published in: Disability and rehabilitation (2022)

The most appropriate version of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire to apply to older adults with low back pain has 16 items and assesses functional capacity and mobility. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThe RMDQ-16 is the most appropriate version of the RMDQ to use in older adults with LBP;The RMDQ-16 is bidimensional and assesses "functional capacity" and "mobility";The poor replicability of the RMDQ-16 indicates that it will probably not be stable across studies, but it can be useful in a clinical setting.

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