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COMI Back

screening

Digital administration of COMI Back (comi/back) to collect structured patient inputs for validated score calculation and clinical follow-up.

COMI Back

Clinical intent

The COMI is a validated multidimensional questionnaire for assessing the key outcomes of importance to patients with back (or neck) problems. Being brief, it is associated with minimal respondent burden and high completion rates [1-3].

References

[1] Deyo RA, Battie M, Beurskens AJ, Bombardier C, Croft P, Koes B, Malmivaara A, Roland M, Von Korff M, Waddell G. Outcome measures for low back pain research. A proposal for standardized use. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1998 Sep 15;23(18):2003-13. doi: 10.1097/00007632-199809150-00018. Erratum in: Spine 1999 Feb 15;24(4):418. PMID: 9779535.
[2] Mannion AF, Porchet F, Kleinstück FS, Lattig F, Jeszenszky D, Bartanusz V, Dvorak J, Grob D. The quality of spine surgery from the patient's perspective. Part 1: the Core Outcome Measures Index in clinical practice. Eur Spine J. 2009 Aug;18 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):367-73. doi: 10.1007/s00586-009-0942-8. Epub 2009 Mar 25. PMID: 19319578; PMCID: PMC2899316.
[3] Mannion AF, Porchet F, Kleinstück FS, Lattig F, Jeszenszky D, Bartanusz V, Dvorak J, Grob D. The quality of spine surgery from the patient's perspective: part 2. Minimal clinically important difference for improvement and deterioration as measured with the Core Outcome Measures Index. Eur Spine J. 2009 Aug;18 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):374-9. doi: 10.1007/s00586-009-0931-y. Epub 2009 Mar 19. PMID: 19296136; PMCID: PMC2899314.

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COMI Back Questionnaire
Please complete this questionnaire. Your responses help your clinical team assess your symptoms and monitor progress over time.
How severe was your back pain in the last week? 
How severe was your leg pain (sciatica)/buttock pain in the last week? 
During the past week, how much did your back problem interfere with your normal work (including both work outside the home and housework)? 
If you had to spend the rest of your life with the symptoms you have right now, how would you feel about it? 
Please reflect on the last week. How would you rate your quality of life? 
During the past 4 weeks, how many days did you cut down on the things you usually do (work, housework, school, recreational activities) because of your back problem? 
During the past 4 weeks, how many days did your back problem keep you from going to work (job, school, housework)?