title: Evaluation of measurement properties of self-administered PROMs aimed at patients with non-specific shoulder pain and "activity limitations": a systematic review.
abstract: To critically appraise and compare the measurement properties of self-administered patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) focussing on the shoulder, assessing "activity limitations."
  
  
  
  Systematic review. The study population had to consist of patients with shoulder pain. We excluded postoperative patients or patients with generic diseases. The methodological quality of the selected studies and the results of the measurement properties were critically appraised and rated using the COSMIN checklist.
  
  
  
  Out of a total of 3427 unique hits, 31 articles, evaluating 7 different questionnaires, were included. The SPADI is the most frequently evaluated PROM and its measurement properties seem adequate apart from a lack of information regarding its measurement error and content validity.
  
  
  
  For English, Norwegian and Turkish users, we recommend to use the SPADI. Dutch users could use either the SDQ or the SST. In German, we recommend the DASH. In Tamil, Slovene, Spanish and the Danish languages, the evaluated PROMs were not yet of acceptable validity. None of these PROMs showed strong positive evidence for all measurement properties. We propose to develop a new shoulder PROM focused on activity limitations, taking new knowledge and techniques into account.
authors.affiliation: Research Group Diagnostics, Avans University of Applied Science, Hogeschoollaan 1, 4818 CR, Breda, The Netherlands. marloesthoomes@me.com.|Department of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Centre, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. marloesthoomes@me.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thoomes-de Graaf
authors.affiliation: Research Group Diagnostics, Avans University of Applied Science, Hogeschoollaan 1, 4818 CR, Breda, The Netherlands.|Department of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Centre, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.|Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G G M
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Scholten-Peeters
authors.affiliation: Het Huisartsenteam De Keen, Voorsteven 88, 4871 DX, Etten-Leur, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Schellingerhout
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, The Alfred Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bourne
authors.affiliation: Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute, Suite 41, 183 Wattletree Rd, Malvern, Melbourne, VIC, 3144, Australia.|Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, The Alfred Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buchbinder
authors.affiliation: SOMT Institute for Master Education in Musculoskeletal Therapies, Softwareweg 5, 3821 BN, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koehorst
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Terwee
authors.affiliation: Research Group Diagnostics, Avans University of Applied Science, Hogeschoollaan 1, 4818 CR, Breda, The Netherlands.|Department of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Centre, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Verhagen
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D057189:Checklist; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D016239:MEDLINE; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D000071066:Patient Reported Outcome Measures; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012782:Shoulder / Q000503:physiopathology; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Disability; Patient outcome assessment; Psychometrics; Questionnaire; Shoulder pain; Systematic review