WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index

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WOMAC® 3.1 Index
Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis Index

Since its development in 1982, the WOMAC® Index has undergone several revisions and modifications. The Index is self-administered and assesses the three dimensions of pain, disability and joint stiffness in knee and hip osteoarthritis using a battery of 24 questions. The latest version of the instrument (WOMAC® 3.1) is available in over 100 alternate language forms, and in many languages is available in 5-point Likert, 100mm Visual Analogue and 11-box Numerical Rating Scale formats. The WOMAC® 3.1 has been linguistically validated and is widely used in the evaluation of knee and hip osteoarthritis. It is a valid, reliable and responsive measure of outcome, and has been used in diverse clinical and interventional environments. The index has been subject to numerous validation studies which have addressed the following specific clinimetric issues:

  • Reliability - stability, internal consistency
  • Validity - face, content, construct
  • Responsiveness - pharmacologic agents, devices, orthopaedic surgery, physical forms of therapy
  • Likert vs visual analogue scaling
  • Prior score availability
  • Time-frame dependency
  • Signal vs aggregate measurement
  • Parametric vs non-parametric analysis
  • Relative efficiency
  • Weighting and aggregation
  • Alternative forms of administration - telephone, mouse-driven cursor, touch screen, mobile phone
  • Benchmarking against responder criteria, state-attainment criteria and age- and gender-specific population-based normative values.

Use of the WOMAC® 3.1 Index is supported by the latest version of the User Guide - User Guide XI. The User Guide contains information on index derivation, specific clinimetric issues, formatting, index presentation, score calculation, statistical issues and provides over 900 relevant references, the majority to previous studies employing the WOMAC® Osteoarthritis Index.

WOMAC® User Guide

Click here to review the WOMAC® User Guide's Table of Contents.

WOMAC® 3.1 Alternate Language Forms

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- English
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- English
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- English

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- Tamil
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- Cantonese
- English
- Malay
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Other Bangladesh
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WOMAC® is a registered trade-mark
(CDN No. TMA 545,986), (EU No. 004885235), (USA No. 3520667)

Page last updated: July 2016




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