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COMI Neck

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

COMI Neck

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 [1-2]. The comi back questions have been adapted for the cervical spine, by enquiring about neck rather than back problems, and it too showed good validity and reliability [3]. Additionally further studies showed that the COMI neck is a valid and responsive instrument for use in assessing the outcome of patients undergoing cervical spine surgery [4].

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] White P, Lewith G, Prescott P. The core outcomes for neck pain: validation of a new outcome measure. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2004 Sep 1;29(17):1923-30. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000137066.50291.da. PMID: 15534418.
[4] Fankhauser CD, Mutter U, Aghayev E, Mannion AF. Validity and responsiveness of the Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) for the neck. Eur Spine J. 2012 Jan;21(1):101-14. doi: 10.1007/s00586-011-1921-4. Epub 2011 Aug 20. Erratum in: Eur Spine J. 2012 Mar;21(3):561. PMID: 21858567; PMCID: PMC3252436.

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COMI Neck Questionnaire
Please complete this questionnaire. Your responses help your clinical team assess your symptoms and monitor progress over time.
How severe was your neck pain in the last week? 
How severe was your arm/shoulder pain in the last week? 
During the past week, how much did your neck 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 neck problem? 
During the past 4 weeks, how many days did your neck problem keep you from going to work (job, school, housework)?