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. 2020 Oct 8;26(10):884–901. doi: 10.1089/acm.2020.0181

Table 11.

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Assessing Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain4

Pain characteristics Functional ability Quality of life Psychological factors
Verbal Rating Scale
Numeric Rating Scale		 Patient Specific Functional Scale (PSFS)17 Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Beck Depression Inventory
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9)
Visual Analog Scale Pain Disability Index Global Well-Being Scale74 Profile of Mood States
Neuropathic Pain Scale
Central Sensitization Inventory51,61,101 		Brief Pain Inventory EuroQol
PROMIS Global Health		 Coping Strategies Questionnaire
PTSD Checklist-Specific Version
Alcohol/drug dependency: CAGE-AID102

Tools for assessing specific types of pain (low back, etc.) are shown in those sections Only tools for assessing general chronic pain rather than those for specific locations (low back, etc.) are shown.