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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain Manag Nurs. 2020 May 21;21(5):416–422. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2020.03.007

Table 2.

Specific characteristics of multidimensional pain tools.

Tool Name Time to administer Number of Items Score range Recall Period Validity Responsiveness to Change Copyright*
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)a 10 min. 11 0–10 for each subscale Past 24 hours -Concurrent-Predictive Yes Copyrighted†
Clinically Aligned Pain Assessment (CAPA) Toolb,c ~ 5 min.‡ n/a n/a Right now Not yet established NR§ Copyrighted||
Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scaled < 5 min. 5 0–10 Past 24 hours -Concurrent NR§ Free of copyright
Geriatric Pain Measuree < 5 min. 24 0–42 Last 7 days (including today) -Concurrent NR§ Free of copyright#
Pain Impact Questionnaire™ (PIQ-6)f < 5 min. 6 36–81 Past 4 weeks -Convergent-Construct NR§ Trademarked
PEGg < 5 min. 3 0–10 Past week -Construct Yes Free of copyright#
Pain Monitorh < 5 min. 44** 0–11 or 1–5 Right now, today, last night -Construct NR§ Copyrighted
Short Form-36 Bodily Pain Scale (SF-36 BPS)i,j < 2 min. 2 0–100 Past 4 weeks or 1 week -Face-Content Yes Copyrighted††

* Copyright typically requires permission and/or license agreement in order to use the tool.

† The BPI may not be used or reproduced without permission from Charles S. Cleeland, PhD or designee; the tool can be ordered at https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departmentslabs-institutes/departments-divisions/symptom-research/symptom-assessment-tools/brief-pain-inventory.html.

‡ Tool requires a conversation that could last a couple minutes to longer, but on average lasts 5 minutes.k

§ NR = not reported.

|| Copyright held by Donaldson & Chapman at University of Utah Health/Department of Anesthesiology.

Permission is granted for clinicians and researchers to freely use the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale as is, without alteration. If used in revised or altered form, it should not be referred to as the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale.

# Can be accessed online through various sources.

** May vary based on time of assessment. 7 items in the morning only, 14 in the evening only, and 6 both in the morning and the evening and on demand; plus 7 items on the first day of app use, 3 on the last day of app use, and 7 both on the first and last day of app use.

†† SF-36 survey instruments, scoring manuals, and licenses for use are available at www.qualitymetric.com.