| 1. What year were you born?:
            19____ | 
          
            | 2. Are you: 
            male        female
 | 
          
            | 3. Were you born in New Zealand?  yes        no
 | 
          
            | 4. Where do you have pain? Place
            a tick (  ))
            for all the appropriate sites.  neck    
              shoulders       upper back    
              lower back       leg
 | 
          
            | 5. How many days of work have you
            missed because of pain during the past 18 months? Tick (  )
            one. 
              
                |  0 days
                [1] |  1-2 days [2] |  3-7 days [3] |  8-14 days [4] |  15-30 days [5] |  
                |  1 month
                [6] |  2 months [7] |  3-6 months [8] |  6-12 months [9] |  over 1 year [10] |  | 
          
            | 6. How long have you had your
            current pain problem? Tick (  )
            one. 
              
                |  0-1 weeks [1] |  1-2 weeks [2] |  3-4 weeks [3] |  4-5 weeks [4] |  6-8 weeks [5] |  
                |  9-11 weeks [6] |  3-6 months [7] |  6-9 months [8] |  9-12 months [9] |  over 1 year [10] |  | 
          
            | 7. Is your work heavy or
            monotonous? Circle the best alternative. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Not at all |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Extremely |  | 
          
            | 8. How would you rate the pain
            that you have had during the past week? Circle one. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | No
                pain |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Pain as bad as
                it could be
 |  | 
          
            | 9. In the past three months, on
            average, how bad was your pain? Circle one. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | No
                pain |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Pain as bad as
                it could be
 |  | 
          
            | 10. How often would you say that
            you have experienced pain episodes, on average, during the past 3
            months? Circle one. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Never |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Always |  | 
          
            | 11. Based on all the things you
            do to cope, or deal with your pain, on an average day, how much are
            you able to decrease it? Circle one. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Can't
                decrease it at all |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Can decrease it
                completely
 |  | 
          
            | 12. How tense or anxious have you
            felt in the past week? Circle one. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Absolutely
                calm and relaxed
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | As tense and anxious
                as I've ever felt
 |  | 
          
            | 13. How much have you been
            bothered by feeling depressed in the past week? Circle one. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Not
                at all |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Extremely |  | 
          
            | 14. In your view, how large is
            the risk that your current pain may become persistent? Circle one. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | No
                risk |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Very large risk |  | 
          
            | 15. In your estimation, what are
            the chances that you will be working in 6 months? Circle one. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | No
                chance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Very large
                chance |  | 
          
            | 16. If you take into
            consideration your work routines, management, salary, promotion
            possibilities and work mates, how satisfied are you with your job?
            Circle one. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Not
                at all satisfied |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Completely satisfied
 |  | 
          
            | Here are some of the things which
            other people have told us about their back pain. For each statement
            please circle one number from 0 to 10 to say how much physical
            activities, such as bending, lifting, walking or driving would
            affect your back. | 
          
            | 17. Physical activity makes my
            pain worse 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Completely
                disagree |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Completely agree
 |  | 
          
            | 18. An increase in pain is an
            indication that I should stop what I am doing until the pain
            decreases. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Completely
                disagree |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Completely agree
 |  | 
          
            | 19. I should not do my normal
            work with my present pain. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Completely
                disagree |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Completely agree
 |  | 
          
            | Here is a list of 5 activities.
            Please circle the one number which best describes your current
            ability to participate in each of these activities. | 
          
            | 20. I can do light work for an
            hour. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Can't
                do it because of pain problem |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Can do it
                without pain
 being a problem
 |  | 
          
            | 21. I can walk for an hour. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Can't
                do it because of pain problem |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Can do it
                without pain
 being a problem
 |  | 
          
            | 22. I can do ordinary household
            chores. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Can't
                do it because of pain problem |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Can do it
                without pain
 being a problem
 |  | 
          
            | 23. I can go shopping. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Can't
                do it because of pain problem |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Can do it
                without pain
 being a problem
 |  | 
          
            | 24. I can sleep at night. 
              
                | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |  
                | Can't
                do it because of pain problem |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Can do it
                without pain
 being a problem
 |  |