The Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire can be used to assess the factors that may be influencing people with pain.  

There are 21 questions concerning:

• Attitudes and beliefs,
• Behaviour in response to pain, and
• Perception of the impact of pain on work and activities of daily living.

It can usually be completed in 5 minutes before the patient meets the health professional.

A cut-off score of 105 and below has been found to predict those who will recover and, and a high score (>103) suggests the person is more likely to have further time off work in the next 6 months.

The sub scores can be use to identify factor that are associated with poorer return to work outcomes, such as distress, concerns about workplace factors etc.

The scoring system for the questionnaire is as follows:

Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire (ÖMPQ) The ÖMPQ is a screening questionnaire used to predict long term disability and failure to return to work due to personal and environmental factors.

These factors can be altered and administering the ÖMPQ gives the treating healthcare professional the opportunity to address these with appropriate interventions.

Scoring instructions

• For question 3, count the number of pain sites and multiply by 2
• For questions 4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,16,17 and 18 the scores is the number that has been ticked or circled.
• For questions 10,14,15,19,20,21,22 and 23 the score is 10 minus the number that has been ticked or circled.
• Write the score in the boxes beside each item.
• Add up the scores for questions 3 to 23– this is the total ÖMPQ score Interpreting the results

The ÖMPQ score is used as a predictor of risk of long term disability and failed return to work, with a higher score indicating higher risk. It should be noted that this score is a predictor only and there is the possibility of a false positive or negative.

•  ≤ 105 = low risk
•  105-130 = moderate risk
•  ≥ 130 = high risk