Table 6

 Comparison of shoulder questionnaire attributes at baseline assessment

SDQ-NLSDQ-UKSPADISRQ
*p<0.05 by statistical test of between-groups comparisons (by the Kruskal-Wallis test); n may be <90 owing to some missing data; numbers are †counts (percentages), ‡median (range); §Likert scale: 0 = definitely not, 5 = definitely did.
Time to complete (min)*‡2.0 (1.0–8.0)3.0 (1.0–8.0)2.0 (1.0–4.0)4.0 (1.0–16.0)
Reflects shoulder problem (Likert scale 0–5)*‡§5.0 (2.0–5.0)4.0 (1.0–5.0)5.0 (1.0–5.0)4.0 (0.0–5.0)
Missing data†
    083 (92)80 (90)84 (93)80 (89)
    13 (4)7 (8)4 (5)3 (3)
    22 (2)0 (0)1 (1)1 (1)
    ⩾32 (2)2 (2)1 (1)6 (7)
Ease of completion†
    Very easy71 (79)62 (69)61 (69)57 (64)
    Moderately easy19 (21)26 (29)27 (30)32 (36)
    Moderately difficult0 (0)2 (2)1 (1)0 (0)
    Very difficult0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)