The ODI remains a valid and vigorous measure and has been a worthwhile outcome measure .
The behavior of the instrument is incompletely understood , particularly in sensitivity to real change .
The Oswestry Disability Index ( ODI ) has become one of the principal condition-specific outcome measures used in the management of spinal disorders .
To review the versions of this instrument , document methods by which it has been vali date d , collate data from scores found in normal and back pain population s , provide curves for power calculations in studies using the ODI , and maintain the ODI as a gold st and ard outcome measure .
It has now been 20 years since its original publication .
Chronic pain and depression: role of perceived impact and perceived control in different age cohorts
& NA ; Chronic pain adversely affects individuals ' physical as well as emotional well‐being . A cognitive‐behavioral model has been proposed to explain the role of cognitive appraisal variables in mediating the development of emotional distress following pain of long duration . There is little evidence linking the prevalence of depression in chronic pain patients to life stage , but there are suggestions in the literature that the link between medical illness and depression may be stronger in elderly patients . One purpose of this study was to replicate the efficacy of a previous study of the cognitive‐behavioral mediation model in explaining the association between pain and depressed affect . A second purpose of this study was to extend the cognitive‐behavioral model to evaluate relationships among pain , cognitive appraisal variables , and depressive affect in the elderly chronic pain population . One hundred chronic pain patients were divided into two age groups ( ≤ 69 years and ≥ 70 years ) . A path analysis conducted for the total sample supported the cognitive‐behavioral mediation model of depression in chronic pain , in which cognitive appraisal variables mediate the pain‐depression relationship . Correlations among variables in each of the two age groups , however , revealed different patterns of association . Consistent with the cognitive‐behavioral model , the younger patients demonstrated a low and non‐significant correlation between pain severity and depression ( r = 0.01 ) . Conversely , a strong direct association was observed in the older patients between these variables ( r = 0.51 ) . These results suggest that the relationship between pain and depression varies substantially depending upon age cohort
The ODI remains a valid and vigorous measure and has been a worthwhile outcome measure .
The behavior of the instrument is incompletely understood , particularly in sensitivity to real change .
The Oswestry Disability Index ( ODI ) has become one of the principal condition-specific outcome measures used in the management of spinal disorders .
To review the versions of this instrument , document methods by which it has been vali date d , collate data from scores found in normal and back pain population s , provide curves for power calculations in studies using the ODI , and maintain the ODI as a gold st and ard outcome measure .
It has now been 20 years since its original publication .