Patient outcomes portal

Ten minutes that make your care measurable.

Before and after spine surgery, we track how you actually feel and function — the same validated assessments used by the American Spine Registry and national quality programs. Answer honestly. There are no wrong answers.

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Before anything else — you matter.

You marked having thoughts of being better off dead or of hurting yourself. This page can't respond the way a person can, and you deserve real support today.

Call or text 988 — Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7
Call our team: 563-421-4370 (Mon–Fri 8–5)
If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest ER

Please still finish and print this assessment — your answers help us take care of the whole you.

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Your scores

Here's where you stand today.

These numbers are a snapshot, not a verdict. Their real power is comparison — against your own scores before surgery, and at each follow-up.

Optional — for the printout only

Your name and birth date appear only on the printed sheet so clinic staff can match it to your chart. They are never stored or transmitted by this page.

Phone tip: tap Print, then choose “Save as PDF” for a permanent copy. You can upload that PDF — or paste the copied scores — into any patient portal or second-opinion intake system your care involves.

Measure library

Every instrument the American Spine Registry accepts.

Our outcomes program implements the registry's complete catalogue in tiers: live on this page today (each also runs standalone in quick mode), adaptive testing through a secure engine, and licensed instruments as permissions clear.

Live

Numeric Rating Scales — back, leg, neck, arm

Territorial pain, 0–10, past-week average. The registry's spine-specific pain standard.

Live

Oswestry Disability Index (ODI v2.1a)

Ten-domain lumbar function — the reference standard since 1980. Also runs standalone via quick mode above.

Live

Neck Disability Index (NDI)

The cervical counterpart: function, reading, headaches, driving.

Live

PROMIS® Global-10

General physical and mental health on the national T-metric. Also runs standalone via quick mode above.

Live

PHQ-9 & GAD-7 — mood and anxiety screens

Depression and anxiety travel with recovery — screened with a crisis-safe pathway.

Live

mJOA — myelopathy check (self-report)

Spinal-cord function for cervical myelopathy: hands, gait, sensation, bladder.

Adaptive · CAT

PROMIS Physical Function · Pain Interference · Depression · Anxiety

Computer-adaptive tests: 4–7 questions, research-grade precision. Open the adaptive testing module →

Live · registered

EQ-5D-5L — health utility

Five dimensions, EQ VAS, and a US value-set index for health-economic outcomes. © EuroQol Research Foundation, registered non-commercial use — runs in quick mode above.

Licensing pending

PROMIS-29 · VR-12 · ZCQ

PROMIS-29 pending HEAP; VR-12 pending steward permission; ZCQ available on request to its stewards.

Live · with permission

SRS-22r — spinal deformity

Five domains across function, pain, self-image, mental health, and satisfaction. © Scoliosis Research Society, used with permission — runs in quick mode above.

Standard

Capture windows

Pre-op within 90 days before surgery · post-op 30–150 days after · optional 6- and 12-month durability checks.

How this fits your care

These are the same instruments our team reports through the American Spine Registry, the joint quality registry of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Completing one assessment in the 90 days before surgery and another 30–150 days after is the national standard of measurement for spine surgery quality. Your printed summary lets our staff record your scores accurately at your visit.

This tool is educational and informational — it is not a diagnosis, does not create a physician–patient relationship, and never replaces talking with your care team. If you have new loss of bladder or bowel control, numbness in the groin or inner thighs, or rapidly progressing weakness, call 563-421-4370 or seek emergency care now.

Instrument credits — Oswestry Disability Index © Jeremy Fairbank et al., distributed by Mapi Research Trust · Neck Disability Index © Howard Vernon · PROMIS® Global-10 © Northwestern University / HealthMeasures, free for clinical use (electronic administration subject to HealthMeasures HEAP permission — filing in progress) · PHQ-9 and GAD-7 developed by Drs. Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams & Löwe (Pfizer), no permission required · mJOA per Benzel et al., patient-derived adaptation · SRS-22r © Scoliosis Research Society, used with permission · EQ-5D-5L © EuroQol Research Foundation (EQ-5D™ is a trade mark of the EuroQol Research Foundation), registered non-commercial use. Adaptive (CAT) versions run through a licensed HealthMeasures engine — see the adaptive testing module. Scores are calculated in your browser; this website stores and transmits nothing.

Ten minutes that make your care measurable.

Here's where you stand today.

Every instrument the American Spine Registry accepts.

How this fits your care

One number reaches the team.