We investigated treatises on the QOL scale of spinal diseases published within the last five years. Thirty treaties were published and fifteen scales were used. For every scale, we investigated how eating, sleeping, voiding and pain were assessed.
For these scales, the subject of study is mostly lumbar disease. Thirteen out of fifteen scales mainly assessed QOL by degree of pain. Only two out of fifteen scales assessed ADL (activity of daily living). It is necessary to reinvestigate the QOL scale of spinal diseases.
