Table 1.
Chronic Pain Management Platform: Pain Locations and Validated Instruments for Assessing Pain and Functional Status
| Pain Location | Instrument | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Head Pain | Migraine Disability Assessment Score (MIDAS) 31 | Grade 1: Little or no disability (score 0 – 5) Grade 2. Mild disability (score 6 – 10) Grade 3: Moderate disability (score 11 – 20) Grade 4: Severe disability (score 21+) |
| Orofacial Pain | Manchester Orofacial Pain and Disability Scale 32 | Physical Disability (score 0-14; 0 = least disability) Psychosocial Disability (score 0-38; 0 = least disability) Aggregate (score 0 – 52) |
| Neck or Cervical Pain | Copenhagen Neck Functional Disability Scale 33 | Aggregate score (0 – 30; 0 = no real complaints to 30 = real disability) |
| Shoulder Pain | Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI)34 | Aggregate score, total pain score and total disability score each as a percentage. Minimum detectable change 13 points (90% confidence) |
| Elbow Pain | Patient-Rated Elbow Evaluation (PREE)35 | Pain subscale and Function subscales with total score with pain and functional problems weighted equally on a scale of 100 (0 = no disability) |
| Wrist or Hand Pain | Patient- Rated Wrist Hand Evaluation (PRWHE)36 | Pain score (0=50), Function score (0-50) and total score (0= best score; 100 = worst score) |
| Mid-back or Thoracic Pain | Roland Morris Disability Scale 37,38 | Score 0 – 24 (score ≥ poor outcome) |
| Lower-back or Lumbar Pain | Roland Morris Disability Scale | Score 0 – 24; (score ≥ poor outcome) |
| Hip Pain | Items only | No validated aggregate score or subscales |
| Lower Abdominal Pain (Males) | NIH-CPSI Abdominal Pain Questionnaire39 | Pain: score 0 – 21 (0 = least pain) Urinary Symptoms: score 0 – 10 (0 = no problem) Quality of Life: score 0 – 12 (0 = no impact) |
| Lower Abdominal Pain (Females) | NIH-CPSI Abdominal Pain Questionnaire | Pain: score 0 – 21 (0 = least pain) Urinary Symptoms: score 0 – 10 (0 = no problem) Quality of Life: score 0 - 12 ( 0 = no impact) |
| Knee Pain | International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Questionnaire: 2000 Subjective Knee Evaluation Form40 | Summing score (max 87) to give percentage. Score 100 no limitations. |
| Leg Pain | Items only | No validated aggregate score or subscales |
| Foot or Heel Pain | Items only | No validated aggregate score or subscales |