An evaluation of effectiveness of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) as a measure for adults following a pain management programme

Abstract

Purpose: Chronic pain affects many people worldwide. It is complex and often requires a multidisciplinary approach to manage with the delivery of intervention through pain management programmes. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) within pain management programmes are used regularly to evaluate the efficacy of interventions, monitoring a patient's perceived progress, measure pain perception and impact on functional activities. The relatively recently developed Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) is beginning to be employed widely in physiotherapy settings, such as rheumatology. The aim of this evaluation is to assess whether the MSK-HQ PROM is a useful tool for physiotherapists working within a multi-disciplinary pain management setting, alongside other PROMs, such as the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) and the Pain self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ).