Table 5.

Overall score for quality assessment of pain assessment tools using COSMIN 4-point checklist

Measure	Internal consistency	Reliability	Content validity	Criterion validity	Responsiveness	Overall result
Pain Catastrophizing Scale	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	Unknown
Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Fair	Excellent	Strong
Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale	Fair	Poor	Excellent	Fair	Poor	Moderate
Pain Evaluation Scale	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	Unknown
Geriatric Pain Measure	Excellent	Poor	Good	Excellent	Poor	Strong
Painmatcher	Poor	Excellent	Poor	Fair	Poor	Low
Chronic Pain-cat	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	Unknown
Profile of Chronic Pain: Screen	Excellent	Good	Poor	Excellent	Excellent	Strong

Abbreviation: COSMIN, consensus-based standards for the selection of health measurement instruments.