Inner West Allied Health & Specialist Centre · Outcome measures · v1.0 · October 2026
Outcome Measure QuestionnairesInjury Questionnaires
Standard patient-reported outcome measures for workers compensation, CTP, DVA and private clients. Complete a questionnaire, score it, compare against a previous result and download a PDF report. Offline and self-contained — nothing is sent anywhere.
Please complete these questionnaires before your appointment. They help your physiotherapist understand your injury and track your recovery. Your answers stay on your device — nothing is sent anywhere until you email the PDF report to us.
Client detailsYour details
These details appear on every PDF report. Enter them once per session.These details appear at the top of your report.
Previous results — clinic use
Paste the results code printed at the end of the client's previous PDF report. Previous scores then fill in automatically for each questionnaire.
About your injury
Your answers select the questionnaires that suit your injury.
1. Where is your injury or pain? Select all that apply.
Time since injury
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3. Is this your first assessment at this clinic for this injury?
Questionnaires to complete
Answer question 1 to select questionnaires.
Summary & comparisonYour report
All questionnaires scored in this session, with change from the previous result where one is available.The questionnaires you have completed. Download the full report as a PDF and email it to admin@alliedhealth.net.au.
No questionnaires have been scored yet.
Evidence & selection
Measurement properties, change thresholds and licensing for each questionnaire. MCID = minimal clinically important difference; MDC = minimal detectable change (the smallest change that exceeds measurement error).
How questionnaires are selected
The triage on the Client details page applies these rules. The clinician can tick or untick any questionnaire; manual changes are marked in amber.
| Trigger | Questionnaire | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Every client | NPRS, PSFS | Pain intensity and client-nominated function apply to any region |
| Neck · Headaches · Low back | NDI · HDI · ODI | Region-specific disability |
| Shoulder · Elbow/forearm · Wrist/hand | SPADI · QuickDASH · PRWE | Region-specific; QuickDASH added when two or more upper-limb regions are selected |
| Hip · Knee · Ankle/foot | HOOS · KOOS · FADI | Region-specific; LEFS added when two or more lower-limb regions are selected |
| Upper/mid back or Other only | NPRS, PSFS | No validated region-specific PROM; PSFS is the primary function measure |
| First assessment + workers compensation, CTP or off work | Örebro (short) | Screens risk of long-term disability and work absence (Linton 2011) |
| First assessment + low back, not compensable and not off work | STarT Back | Low back risk stratification (Hill 2011); Örebro replaces it when work disability is the question |
| First assessment + compensable, off work or symptoms ≥12 weeks | K10 | Distress is a recognised obstacle to recovery in these groups |
| Symptoms ≥12 weeks, or off work ≥4 weeks | PSEQ, PCS | Self-efficacy and catastrophising as treatment targets in persistent pain |
| Review visit | Region measures, NPRS, PSFS, plus any questionnaire in the loaded history | Repeats outcome measures for comparison. STarT Back and Örebro are screening tools and are not repeated unless ticked |
| After scoring | Örebro ≥50 → K10, PSEQ, PCS · STarT high risk → PSEQ, PCS · NDI headache section ≥3 → HDI | Offered as one-click additions on the questionnaire page |
DASS-21 is never auto-selected, to avoid duplicating the K10. Add it manually when subscale information (depression, anxiety, stress) is needed. The 12-week and 4-week thresholds are pragmatic markers of persistence, not validated cut-points.
Suggested selection by presentation
| Presentation | Primary measure | Add |
|---|---|---|
| Neck pain / whiplash | NDI + NPRS | PSFS; HDI if headache is a feature; Örebro at intake for compensable claims |
| Low back pain | ODI + NPRS | STarT Back at first visit for stratification; Örebro for work-related claims; PSFS |
| Shoulder | SPADI | QuickDASH where the whole upper limb is involved; NPRS |
| Wrist / hand / forearm fracture | PRWE | QuickDASH; NPRS |
| Elbow / multi-region upper limb | QuickDASH | NPRS; PSFS |
| Hip | HOOS | LEFS; NPRS |
| Knee | KOOS | LEFS; NPRS |
| Foot / ankle | FADI (+ FADI Sport for active clients) | LEFS; NPRS |
| Psychosocial screening | Örebro short form at intake | K10 or DASS-21 for distress; PSEQ for self-efficacy; PCS where catastrophising is suspected |
Cross-cutting caveats
- MCIDs are context-dependent. Published thresholds vary with condition, baseline severity, acuity and the anchor used. The value applied by this tool is stated beside every comparison. Treat it as a guide, not a pass mark.
- MDC before MCID. Where a published MDC exceeds the MCID, a change can reach the MCID and still sit within measurement error. The tool reports both when both are published.
- Screening tools are not outcome measures. STarT Back and the Örebro short form stratify prognostic risk. Re-administering them shows whether the risk category has shifted, not how much function has improved.
- Severity bands are not universal. Only NDI, ODI, HDI, K10, DASS-21 and PCS have published severity categories. For KOOS, HOOS, FADI, LEFS, QuickDASH, SPADI and PRWE the tool reports the score and change only — it does not invent bands.
- Compensable context. Scores in compensable populations tend to be higher at baseline and to change more slowly. A high score is not evidence of symptom amplification on its own; interpret it alongside examination findings.
- Electronic administration and licensing. Most instruments here are free for clinical use. ODI, QuickDASH, PCS and PSEQ are copyrighted, and some licensors require permission for electronic or web-based administration. Confirm the terms before hosting this tool on a public website.
- Wording. KOOS, HOOS and SPADI item wording follows the standard published English versions. Imperial units in ODI, PRWE, SPADI and LEFS are retained with a metric equivalent in brackets.
How to use
The PDF report is the record. It carries the full results and a results code that this tool reads back at the next visit.
Client completing at homeCompleting your questionnaires
- If the clinic sent you a personal link, your details are already filled in. Check them, answer question 4 about your work, click Start questionnaires and continue from step 4.
- Enter your details. On 1 · Client details1 · Your details, type your name, date of birth and today's date.
- Answer “About your injury”. On the same page, select where your injury is, enter the injury date and answer the two questions below it. Click Start questionnaires.
- Answer the questionnaires. Answer every question, then click Next questionnaire. When the last one is done, the report page opens.
- Save the report as a PDF. Open 3 · Summary & compare3 · Your report and click Download full report (PDF). In the print window, set Destination to Save as PDF and click Save.
- Email the PDF to the clinic. Attach the saved PDF to an email to your physiotherapist.Email the saved PDF to admin@alliedhealth.net.au, attaching it to the email.
Clinician — at each visit
- Save the client's PDF. Save the emailed PDF to the client's file. This is the record you use for insurer forms.
- Copy the results code. Open the client's most recent PDF, go to the last page and select all of the text in the Results code box. Copy it.
- Paste it into the tool. Open this tool, go to 1 · Client details, paste the code into Results code from previous PDF and click Load results code. The client's name and date of birth fill in, and a green message lists the questionnaires and dates loaded.
- Check the triage. The injury sites and injury date fill in from the code, and the assessment is set to review. Update the work status, then check the ticked questionnaires under Questionnaires to complete and tick or untick any you want to change.
- Complete today's questionnaires. Click Start questionnaires and have the client answer each one, clicking Next questionnaire after each. Each previous score appears automatically in the comparison box under the score. If a Recommended to add box appears, click Add.
- Save today's PDF. Open 3 · Summary & compare, click Download full report (PDF), set Destination to Save as PDF and click Save. Its results code contains every visit to date, so next time you only need this newest PDF.
Clinician — sending follow-up questionnaires to complete at home
- Load the client's latest results. On 1 · Client details, paste the results code from the client's latest PDF and click Load results code.
- Open the summary page. Click 3 · Summary & compare.
- Enter the web address (first time only). Type the address of the client questionnaire page into Client questionnaire web address. It is remembered on this computer.
- Email the link. Click Email follow-up link to client. Your email program opens with the message and personal link written. Add the client's email address and send.
- Save the returned PDF. When the client's report arrives, save it to their file. Its results code contains every visit so far — use that code at the next visit.
If a client completed follow-up questionnaires without their personal link, their PDF holds only that day's results. Paste the code from their earlier PDF and click Load results code, then paste the code from the new PDF and click Load results code again. The results combine into one history.
If the code won't load. The message "incomplete or altered" means part of the code was missed when copying. Copy the whole box again, from the first character (
IWAH1-) to the last. Line breaks and spaces picked up when copying are ignored.Interpretation on screen. Untick Show clinical interpretation to hide the comments while a client answers in the clinic. The PDF always includes the full interpretation, so a client completing at home will see it in their PDF.
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