SYMPTOM INVENTORY
At Myelopathy.org, we are developing a new assessment for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: The Myelopathy.org Symptom Inventory (MOSI).
Why Are We Creating a New Assessment?
Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) occurs when the spinal cord in the neck is affected by arthritis. Healthcare textbooks have often described a small number of symptoms, such as loss of coordination and falls. In recent years, however, Myelopathy.org and its community of people living with DCM has shown this is a major underrepresentation of the diverse problems that can arise.
Building on this foundation, we now want to create a new assessment tool for DCM that can better capture and measure its diverse impact – and we need your help.
Building on this foundation, we now want to create a new assessment tool for DCM that can better capture and measure its diverse impact – and we need your help.
How Can You Help?
We need people with DCM to complete a short survey.
This survey comprises 4 sections:
This survey comprises 4 sections:
1. Basic personal details
2. DCM experience measured using current healthcare tools
3. DCM experience measured using the MOSI (Myeopathy.org Symptom Inventory)
4. Feedback on the MOSI
2. DCM experience measured using current healthcare tools
3. DCM experience measured using the MOSI (Myeopathy.org Symptom Inventory)
4. Feedback on the MOSI
Participants will be invited to complete sections 2 to 4 again at one-month intervals.
By analysing your feedback, and comparing the MOSI to existing measures of DCM and how it changes over time, we will be able to work out:
These are all key properties of an effective medical assessment tool. It is likely this version of the MOSI will therefore change during our development, based on your feedback and experiences.
This study is entirely voluntary, and you are free to withdraw (including to remove your data) at any time.
If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with Dr Benjamin Davies.