The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of the
Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, Dutch version (LSQ-DV), to
assess chronic pain patients. The study was designed as
test–retest. The setting was the general rehabilitation
centre. There were 51 patients over 18 years of age,
suffering from chronic nonmalignant musculoskeletal pain.
The main outcome measures were weighted j of test and
retest data on the nine questions of the LSQ-DV, and
Spearman correlation coefficient (r) of the test and retest
data on the mean LSQ score. The results were as follows:
weighted j varied from 0.34 to 0.82: eight of the nine
weighted j values were moderate to almost perfect
whereas one (‘family life’) was low. The r value of the mean
score was 0.74. The conclusion was that the reliability of
the LSQ-DV in patients with chronic nonmalignant pain
treated in a rehabilitation setting proved moderate to good
for most domains, though low for the ‘family life’ domain.
We recommend using the LSQ-DV in clinical practice and