Author(s)
Purpose
- Pathology:
Musculoskeletal diseases
- Disease:
Osteoporosis
- Objective:
To assess health related quality of life (HRQOL) in all types of osteoporosis patients
- Population for intended use:
Adult
Female
Characteristics
- Type of instrument:
Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)
- Administration mode:
Interviewer-administered
Self-administered
[
OPAQ 1.0: Self-administered, Interviewer-administered
OPAQ 2.0 and SV: Self-administered ]
- Number of items:
OPAQ 1.0: 84 items + 18 items on satisfaction, OPAQ 2.0: 60 items, OPAQ SV: 34 items
- Recall/Observation period:
OPAQ 1.0: The past 4 weeks, OPAQ 2.0: The past 2 weeks
Language(s)
- Original language:
English for the USA
- List of existing translations:
The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.
OPAQ
| Dutch for the Netherlands* |
| Portuguese for Brazil |
| Russian for Russia |
| Spanish for Spain |
* Performed by the MAPI Institute
Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire
Silverman SL. The Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire (OPAQ): a reliable and valid disease-targeted measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in osteoporosis. Quality of Life Research 2001;9(6a):767-774
Silverman SL. Quality of Life measurement in osteoporosis. Quality of Life Newsletter 1997;18:6 (Full text article)
Silverman SL, Mason J, Grennwald M. The Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire (OPAQ): a reliable and valid self-assessment measure of quality of life in osteopororsis. J Bone Miner Res 1993;8:S343
Last update: March 2012
Last update in collaboration with the author: June 2004
