Oxford elbow score

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During the past 4 weeks..........

1. Have you had difficulty lifting things in your home, such as putting out the rubbish, because of your elbow problem?

No difficulty

A little bit of difficulty

Moderate difficulty

Extreme difficulty

Impossible to do

2. Have you had difficulty carrying bags of shopping, because of your elbow problem?

No difficulty

A little bit of difficulty

Moderate difficulty

Extreme difficulty

Impossible to do

3. Have you had any difficulty washing yourself all over, because of your elbow problem?

No difficulty

A little bit of difficulty

Moderate difficulty

Extreme difficulty

Impossible to do

4. Have you had any difficulty dressing yourself, because of your elbow problem?

No difficulty

A little bit of difficulty

Moderate difficulty

Extreme difficulty

Impossible to do

5. Have you felt that your elbow problem is “controlling your life”?

No, not at all

Occasionally

Some days

Most days

Every day

6. How much has your elbow problem been “on your mind”?

Not at all

A little of the time

Some of the time

Most of the time

All of the time

7. Have you been troubled by pain from your elbow in bed at night?

Not at all

1 or 2 nights

Some nights

Most nights

Every night

8. How often has your elbow pain interfered with your sleeping?

No, not at all

Occasionally

Some days

Most days

All of the time

9. How much has your elbow problem interfered with your usual work or everyday activities?

Not at all

A little bit

Moderately

Greatly

Totally

10. Has your elbow problem limited your ability to take part in leisure activities that you enjoy doing?

No, not at all

Occasionally

Some days

Most days

All of the time

11. How would you describe the worst pain you had from your elbow?

No pain

Mild pain

Moderate pain

Severe pain

Unbearable

12. How would you describe the pain you usually had from your elbow?

No pain

Mild pain

Moderate pain

Severe pain

Unbearable

The 12-item Oxford elbow score questionnaire is not unidimensional and as such you cannot simply total all the 12 questions. There are three unidimensional domains, ‘elbow function’, ‘pain’ and ‘social-psychological’.

References

The development and validation of a patient-reported questionnaire to assess outcomes of elbow surgery; J. Dawson, H. Doll, I. Boller, R. Fitzpatrick, C. Little, J. Rees, C. Jenkinson, and A. J. Carr; J Bone Joint Surg Br 2008 90-B: 466-473.