BACKGROUND: The assessment of health-related quality-of-life outcome information has become an essential feature in the delivery of quality health care. Outcome assessment and increased clinical research capacity have been identified as recommended areas of priority for chiropractic research, chiropractic colleges, and the profession. OBJECTIVE: This article reports the results of a multisite pilot project utilizing New York Chiropractic College's 3 off-campus health centers. In the project, we sought to examine generic issues related to research infrastructure and feasibility, perform pilot testing of the responsiveness of the revised @entity717 Index (ODI) and the Bournemouth Questionnaire (BQ), and develop estimates of change and population size for the possible future projects. METHODS: We describe the infrastructure created to conduct the project, including an on-site clinician research manager; on-site student research assistants; identification, recruitment, and @entity1 flow; demographic and clinical characteristics; and abstraction instruments. @entity6372 study subjects completed 3 health-related quality-of-life assessments at baseline, 15 days, and 30 days. At 45 days, or at discharge, subjects completed the same questionnaires and a global rating of change. @entity6372 is reported by analysis of standardized estimates of change, relative efficiency, and receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve plots. RESULTS: We successfully identified 82% of possible study @entity1 ; the real eligibility rate in our population was 30%. In 4 months, 70 @entity1 were accrued, and 26 @entity1 followed through to provide global ratings of change scores. @entity6372 by standardized change scores was numerical rating scale (NRS) = 1.19, ODI = 0.91, BQ = 0.78; by relative efficiency it was BQ/ODI = 0.86, ODI/NRS = 0.76, BQ/NRS = 0.66. Area under the curves ranged from 0.69 for the BQ to 0.86 for the NRS. CONCLUSIONS: Recommendations for modification and use of the infrastructure, research capacity, and future outcome and appropriateness assessment projects are offered.

XXXX and Oswestry questionnaires: a prospective pilot study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity717 :: ('MESH:D009069', 'Disease') :: ['Oswestry Disability'] @entity6372 :: ('MESH:C538007', 'Disease') :: ['Responsiveness']
@entity6372 :: (MESH:C538007,Disease) :: ['Responsiveness of the Bournemouth']
