Table 3.
Summary of Pain Assessment Tools Used for the Reporting of Pain Prevalence and Severity.
| Tool | Severity scale | Study |
|---|---|---|
| Multidimensional or Multi-Symptom Assessment Tools | ||
| 36-Item Short Form Health Survey | 1-6 VRS | 27 |
| Brief Pain Inventory | 0-10 NRS | 36,40,52,58 |
| 10 cm VAS | 67 | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease Dialysis Symptom Burden Index (adapted from the Dialysis Symptom Index) | 0-10 NRS | 24 |
| Chronic Kidney Disease Symptom Index | 1-5 VRS | 75 |
| Dialysis Discontinuation Quality of Death | 1-5 VRS (this scale was reversed) | 19 |
| Dialysis Frequency, Severity, and Symptom Burden Index (adapted from the Dialysis Symptom Index) | 1-10 NRS | 35 |
| Dialysis Symptom Index | 1-5 VRS | 7,14,28,32,60,62,76,78,79 |
| 0-4 VRS | 34 | |
| Dialysis Symptom Index—Korean Version | 0-4 VRS | 63 |
| Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale: renal | 0-10 NRS | 2,3 |
| EQ-5D-3L | 1-3 VRS | 53,54,81 |
| Kidney Disease and Quality of Life | 1-6 VRS | 84 |
| Kidney Disease and Quality of Life Short Form | 1-5 VRS | 25,26,37,49,65,69,77 |
| Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale Short Form (with additional 7 renal symptom appended to end of survey) | 0-5 VRS | 47,48 |
| Palliative Outcome Symptom Scale—Renal | 0-4 VRS | 71 |
| Patient Outcome Scale Symptom Module (renal version) | 1-5 VRS | 30 |
| 0-4 VRS | 44,51,74 | |
| Short Form 36 | 0-100 NRS (this scale was reversed) | 72 |
| Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire | 0-3 VRS | 5,55,61 |
| 10 cm VAS | 41 | |
| 0-5 VRS | 39,45 | |
| Somatic Symptom Distress Scale (adapted from the Dialysis Symptom Index) | 0-3 VRS | 59 |
| Spanish Pain Questionnaire | 10 cm VAS | 70 |
| Unnamed 11-Item Symptom Measure (created for the study but used a validated severity scale) | 1-5 VRS | 43 |
| Unnamed 28-Item Symptom Measure | 1-5 VRS | 68 |
| Unnamed Y/N Demographic Questionnaire | Binary | 80 |
| Unnamed Data Collection Sheet | Unknown | 82 |
| Unidimensional, Single Item Pain Scales | ||
| 0-10 VDSa | 29 | |
| 1-5 VRS | 56 | |
| 10 cm VAS | 8,38,64,66 | |
| 10 Point Rating Scale | 50 | |
| 100 mm VAS | 42,73 | |
| Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale, 0-10 Likert Scale | 57 | |
| Binary Yes/No | 31,33,46,83 | |
Note. VRS = verbal rating scale; NRS = numerical rating scale; VAS = visual analogue scale; VDS = verbal descriptive scale.
a
The VDS is a combination of a NRS and a VRS in that each numbers has a verbal descriptor (eg, no pain, slight pain, mild pain, moderate pain, severe pain, very severe pain, the most intense pain imaginable).