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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2009 Sep;10(9):932–943. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.03.007

Table 4.

Item Usage by DYNHA® Chronic Pain Impact

Item Administrations by VAS Pain Severity Group
Total Sample
Mild
Moderate
Severe
Abbreviated Item Stem n % n % n % n %
How much pain ....during the past 4 weeks? 4 100% 28 100% 64 100% 96 100%
... pain make simple tasks hard to complete? 4 100% 28 100% 52 81.3% 84 87.5%
pain limit you in performing usual daily activities.. 4 100% 28 100% 51 79.7% 83 86.5%
... pain interfere with general activities.... 3 75.0% 21 75.0% 34 53.1% 58 60.4%
pain interfere with ... normal work.....? 1 25.0% 12 42.9% 36 56.3% 49 51.0%
restricted in performing routine daily activities because ..pain 11 39.3% 25 39.1% 36 37.5%
....pain limit... ability to concentrate on work 1 25.0% 7 25.0% 16 25.0% 24 25.0%
... pain keep you from enjoying social gatherings 3 75.0% 5 17.9% 5 7.8% 13 13.5%
How much bodily pain have you had .... 1 25.0% 1 3.6% 16 25.0% 18 18.8%
....leisure activities... affected by pain ... 14 21.9% 14 14.6%
....pain limits travel... 1 3.6% 13 20.3% 14 14.6%
...pain left you too tired to do work or daily activities 1 3.6% 9 14.1% 10 10.4%
....pain restrict you from going to social activities... 2 7.1% 5 7.8% 7 7.3%
.... Throbbing pain....




5
7.8%
5
5.2%
Mean and range of items administered 5.5 (5−6) 5.17 (5−6) 5.75 (4−19) 5.57 (4−19)

Note:13 additional items were used in the severe sample;: All items use a 4 week recall period