. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 24.

Published in final edited form as: J Oral Facial Pain Headache. 2014 Winter;28(1):6–27. doi: 10.11607/jop.1151

Table 7.

Recommended Axis II Assessment Protocol

Domain	Instrument	No. of items	Screening	Comprehensive
Pain intensity	Graded Chronic Pain Scale (GCPS)	3	✓	✓
Pain locations	Pain drawing	1	✓	✓
Physical function	Graded Chronic Pain Scale (GCPS)	4	✓	✓
Limitation	Jaw Functional Limitation Scale-short form (JFLS)	8	✓
Limitation	Jaw Functional Limitation Scale-long form (JFLS)	20		✓
Distress	Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4)	4^**	✓
Depression	Patient Health Questionnaire-9^* (PHQ-9)	9^**		✓
Anxiety	Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)	7^**		✓
Physical symptoms	Patient Health Questionnaire-15^* (PHQ-15)	15		✓
Parafunction	Oral Behaviors Checklist (OBC)	21	✓	✓

The RDC/TMD depression and non-specific physical symptoms instruments could be substituted for the PHQ-9 and PHQ-15, respectively, if continuity with legacy data is important.

^**

Each of the PHQ-4, PHQ-9, and GAD-7 include one additional item beyond the number listed above; the additional item is a global reflective question regarding functional interference due to any of the endorsed symptoms on that instrument.