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Table 6 Self-administered questionnaire

From: Development of a self-administered questionnaire to screen patients for cervical myelopathy

 

Assigned score

Do you have difficulty climbing the stairs to one floor above?

2

Do you have difficulty walking for 15 minutes?

1

Do you have a feeling of residual urine in your bladder after voiding?

1

Can you initiate (start) your urine stream immediately when you want to void?

1

Do you have neck pain, shoulder pain, and neck stiffness?

2

Do you have chest tightness?

2

Do you have pain or numbness in the upper extremity?

3

Do you have pain or numbness from chest to forefoot?

1

  1. Total score cut-off point: ≥ 6
  2. Sensitivity: 93.5%
  3. Specificity: 67.3%
  4. Positive likelihood ratio: 2.96
  5. Negative likelihood ratio: 0.096