Patient-reported outcome measure instruments considered in this review
| Instrument with full name and abbreviation | General score range | Higher scores are better or worse | Construct(s) measured |
| Pain Numeric Rating Scale | 0–10/0–100 | Worse | Pain |
| Pain Visual Analogue Scale | 0-10/0–100 | Worse | Pain |
| PainDETECT Numerical Rating Scale | 0–10/0–100 | Worse | Pain |
| Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) | 0–100 | Worse | Symptom and function |
| Quick DASH | 0–100 | Worse | Symptom and function |
| Shoulder Disability Questionnaire | 0–100 | Worse | Pain-related function of the shoulder |
| Simple Shoulder Test | 0–12 | Better | Shoulder comfort and function |
| Oxford Shoulder Score | 0–48 | Better | Shoulder function and pain |
| Project on Research and Intervention in Monotonous work score | 0–36 for each region | Worse | Pain or other complains |
| Neer score | 0–100 | Worse | Function |
| Constant (Murley) Score | 0–100 | Better | Shoulder function, pain, Activities of Daily Living (ADL) function, the range of motion, strength |
| Watson-Sonnabend score | Pain: 0–10; Function: 0–42 | Pain: worse; Function: better | Satisfaction, pain and 0–3 discrete for 14 function items |
| Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) | 0–100 | Better | Health-related quality of life |
| SF-12 | 0–100 | Better | Health-related quality of life |
| EuroQol 5-dimension 3-level index | −0.59–1 | Better | Health-related quality of life |
| 15 D | 0–1 | Better | Health-related quality of life |
| Hospital Anxiety and Depression Score | 0–42 | Worse | Anxiety and depression |