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Table 1 Description and characteristics of included reviews

From: Patient-reported outcome measures in physical therapy practice for neck pain: an overview of reviews

Study

Databases Searched

Study Type

Studies, n

Clinical population

Patient reported outcomes

Amiri A et al. (2017) [33]

Cochrane Library

Google Scholar

OVID

PEDro

PubMed

ScienceDirect

SR of RCT’s

9

NS Neck Pain

NDI

VAS

Araujo et al. (2017) [34]

CINAHL

Embase

MEDLINE

PsycINFO

Scopus

Web of Science

SR with MA

7

NS NP with or without radicular symptoms, NP with headache

NDI

NPAD

NPQ

VAS

Borrella-Andrés et al. (2021) [21]

Cochrane Library Plus

PEDro

PubMed

Scopus

Web of Science

SR of RCT’s

17

NP with radiating pain

NDI

NPRS

NPQ

PSFS

SF-36

SF-MPQ

VAS

Chaibi A et al(2021) [54]

CENTRAL

CINAHL

EMBASE

MEDLINE

OpenGrey

Ovid

Web of Science

SR with MA

6

Acute neck pain

NPRS

VAS

Cox L et al. (2019) [12]

CINAHL

EMBASE

EMBASE Classic

MEDLINE

PEDro

PsycINFO

SR

5

Chronic NS NP, NP with WAD

NDI

PDI

Dorji K et al. (2022) [35]

AMED

CINAHL

EMBASE

MEDLINE

PEDro

PubMed

SR of RCT’s

6

NS Neck Pain

NDI

NPDS

NPRS

Fernandez M et al. (2020) [32]

Cochrane

Central Register of Controlled Trials

Mantis

MEDLINE

PEDro

SR with MA

7

NP with headache

HIT-6

MVKS

NDI

NPRS

VAS

Fredin K. et al. (2017) [22]

AMED (Ovid)

CENTRAL

EMBASE (Ovid)

MEDLINE (Ovid)

PEDro

SR with MA

7

NS Neck Pain

NDI

NPRS

NPQ

SF-12

SF-36

VAS

Garzonio S et al. (2022) [23]

CINAHL

Embase

MEDLINE

PEDro

The Cochrane Library

SR with MA

25

NS neck pain, Neck Pain with WAD

VAS

NPRS

Gross A et al. (2015) [40]

CENTRAL

CINAHL

EMBASE

MEDLINE

SR

51

NS Neck Pain, NP with radiating pain, NP with headache

NDI

NPRS

SF-36

Hanel J et al. (2020) [41]

CENTRAL

CINAHL

EMBASE

MEDLINE

SPORTDiscus

SR with MA

30

Chronic neck pain

FABQ

TSK

Lantz JM et al. (2021) [36]

CENTRAL

EMBASE

PEDro

PubMed

Web of Science

SR

6

Post-op neck pain

EQ-5D

NDI

VAS

Liang et al. (2019) [24]

Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure Database

EMBASE

PubMed

Cochrane Library

VIP database

Wanfang database

Web of Science

SR with MA

10

NP with radiating pain

NDI

SF-12

SF-36

VAS

Lin et al. (2021) [25]

Airiti Library

China National Knowledge Infrastructure

CINAHL (via EBSCO)

EMBASE (via Elsevier)

PEDro

ProQuest

PubMed

The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (via Wiley Online Library)

Wanfang Data

SR with MA

11

NS NP, NP with radiating pain, Neck pain with WAD, NP with headache

FABQ

HSCL

NDI

NNP

NPQ

NPRS

SF-36

VAS

Louw S et al. (2017) [26]

BioMed Central

CINAHL

Cochrane library

PEDro

PubMed

ScienceDirect

Scopus

SR with MA

8

NS Neck Pain

DASH

NDI

NPQ

NPRS

SF-36

VAS

Mallard F et al.(2022) [42]

APA PsycInfo

CINAHL

EMBASE

Index to Chiropractic Literature

MEDLINE

PEDro

PubMed

SportDiscus

the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials

SR

4

NP with radiating pain

NDI

NPRS

Martimbianco A et al. (2019) [43]

CENTRAL

CINAHL

Clinicaltrials.gov

CRS

EMBASE

ICTRP

LILACS

MEDLINE

OPENSIGLE

PEDro

PubMed

SR

7

chronic neck pain, neck pain with WAD, NP with headache

NDI

SF-36

VAS

Martin-Gomez C. et al. (2019) [44]

Cochrane

PEDro

PubMed

Scopus

Web of Science

SR with MA

10

Chronic neck pain

NDI

NPRS

VAS

Masaracchio M et al. (2019) [45]

AMED

CINAHL

Clinicaltrials.gov

Cochrane Library

EMBASE

PEDro

PubMed

SR with MA

14

Mechanical neck pain

NDI

NPQ

NPRS

VAS

Monticone M. et al. (2015) [27]

CENTRAL

CINAHL

ClinicalTrials.gov

EMBASE

MEDLINE

PsycINFO

PubMed

Scopus

Web of Science

World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

SR

10

Subacute and chronic NP

FABQ

NDI

NPRS

SF-36

TSK

Nunez-Cabaleiro et al. (2022) [28]

CINAHL

MEDLINE

PEDro

PubMed

Scopus

Web of Science

SR

14

NP with headaches

HI

NDI

NPRS

Price J et al. (2020) [46]

CINAHL

EMBASE

MEDLINE

PEDro

SR

26

Chronic NS neck pain; Neck pain with WAD, NP with headaches

ADLQ

DASH

NDI

NPQ

PSFS

VAS

Qing W. et al. (2021) [37]

CENTRAL (via The Cochrane Library)

EMBASE (via Ovid)

PEDro

PubMed

SR with MA

12

Mechanical neck pain

NDI

NHP

NPRS

Rampazo E. et al. (2022) [47]

CENTRAL (via The Cochrane Library)

EMBASE (via Ovid)

PEDro

PubMed

SR

30

NS neck pain

Becks Depression Inventory

Goldeberg scale

NDI

NPAD

NPQ

SF-12

SF-36

VAS

Rodriguez-Huguet et al. (2022) [39]

Cochrane Library

PEDro

PubMed

Scopus

Web of Science

SR

11

Chronic neck pain

NDI

NPQ

NPRS

VAS

Romeo A. et al. (2018) [29]

CINAHL

COCHRANE Controlled Trials Register

ISI Web of Science

PEDro

PubMed

Scopus

SR with MA

5

NP with radiating pain

FABQ

NDI

NPRS

PSFS

VAS

Southerst D. et al. (2016) [38]

CINAHL

EMBASE

Index to Chiropractic Literature

MEDLINE

PsycINFO

PubMed

the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials

the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects

SR

11

Neck pain and WAD

CES-D

GSE

NDI

NPAD

NPQ

NPRS

POMS

SF-36

Tsiringakis G et al. (2020) [48]

COCHRANE

EBSCOhost

EMBASE

Google Scholar

MEDLINE

PEDro

PubMED

SportDiscus

SR with MA

17

NS neck pain

NDI

NPRS

VAS

Varangot-Reille et al. (2022) [49]

CINAHL

Google Scholar

MEDLINE (PubMed)

PEDro

SR with MA

22

NS neck pain, NP with radiculopathy, NP with headache

DASH

FABQ

NDI

MPQ

NPQ

NPRS

PSFS

QDASH

VAS

Villanueva-Ruiz I et al. (2022) [30]

MEDLINE (PubMed)

PEDro

Scopus

Web of Science

SR with MA

12

Chronic NS neck pain

NDI

NPRS

VAS

Visvanathan R et al. (2018) [19]

ACRM

American Physical Therapy Association

BIOMED

CENTRAL

EMBASE

Europa Medicophysica

BMJ

Medicine and Science in sports and exercise

MEDLINE

PEDro

SR

23

Chronic neck pain, NS neck pain, NP with WAD

HQoLQ

NDI

NPRS

VAS

VNDI

Wang S et al. (2022) [50]

Cochrane Library

EMBASE

PubMed

Web of Science

SR with MA

12

Subacute neck pain, NP with radiating pain

VAS

NPQ

NPRS

Wilhelm M et al. (2020) [51]

CINAHL

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials

PEDro

SPORTDiscus

PubMed

Scopus

SR with MA

14

Acute, subacute, or chronic neck pain

NDI

NPAD

NPRS

VAS

Wu. et al. (2020) [83]

Cochrane Library

EBSCO Information Services

EMBASE

Web of Science

SR with MA

6

NS neck pain

NDI

Yang J et al. (2017) [31]

Cochrane Library

Embase

PubMed

Scopus

SR with MA

7

NS neck pain, NP with radiating pain

MPQ

NDI

NPRS

PSFS

VAS

Yu H. et al. (2016) [52]

CINAHL

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)

EMBASE

Index to Chiropractic Literature (ICL)

MEDLINE

PsycINFO

PubMed

SR

6

NS neck pain, NP with WAD

GHQ-28 (emotional distress)

IES

NDI

NPQ

NPRS

PSFS

SF-12

SF-36

TSK

VAS

Zacharakis A et al. (2020) [53]

Cochrane Library

EMBASE

MEDLINE

Scopus

SR of RCT’s

5

Acute neck pain, Chronic NP

ADLQ

NDI

NPRS

VAS

  1. Abbreviations: ADLQ, activities of daily living questionnaire; BDI, becks depression inventory; CES-D, center for epidemiologic studies depression scale; DASH, disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand; EQ-5D,EuroQoL-5D; FABQ, fear avoidance belief questionnaire; GSES, general self-efficacy scale; GHQ-28, general health questionnaire-28;GS, Goldberg scale; HIT-6, headache impact test-6; HI, headache index; HQoLQ, health quality of life questionnaire; HSCL, Hopkins symptoms checklist-25;IES, impact of event scale; MA, meta-analysis; MPQ, McGill Pain Questionnaire; MVKS, Modified Von Korf scale; NDI, neck disability index; NHP, Nottingham health profile; NP, neck pain; NPAD, neck pain and disability scale; NPQ, Northwick park neck pain questionnaire; NPRS, numeric pain rating scale; NS, non-specific neck pain; PDI, pain disability index; POMS, profile of mood states; PSFS, patient specific functional scale; QDASH, quick disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand;SF-12, 12 item short form questionnaire; SF-36, 36 item short form questionnaire; SF-MPQ, short form McGill pain questionnaire; SR, systematic review; TSK, Tampa scale of kinesiophobia; VAS, visual analog scale; VNPDI, Vernon neck pain disability index; WAD, whiplash associated disorder