Chronic Pain Grade Scale (CPGS)
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Purpose[edit | edit source]
The CPGS is a multidimensional measure that assesses 2 dimensions of overall chronic pain severity: pain intensity and pain-related disability. It is suitable for use in all chronic pain conditions, including chronic mus-culoskeletal (MSK) and low back pain (90)
Content [edit | edit source]
Subscale scores for pain intensity and dis-ability are combined to calculate a chronic pain grade that enables classification of chronic pain patients into 5 hierarchical categories: grades 0 (no pain) to IV (high disability-severely limiting) (90).
Items[edit | edit source]
The CPGS is comprised of 7 items[2]:
1- How would you rate your pain on a 0-10 scale at the present time, this is right now, where 0 is 'no pain' and 10 is 'pain as bad as it could be'?
2- In the past 6 months, how intense was your worse pain rated on a 0-10 scale (rated as above)?
3- In the past 6 months, on average, how intense was your pain rated on a 0-10 scale (rated as above)? (That is your usual pain at times you were experiencing pain.)
4- About how many days in the last 6 months have you been kept from your usual activities (work, school, housework) because of this pain?
5- In the past 6 months, how much has this pain interfered with your daily activities on a 0-10 scale where 0 is 'no interference' and 10 is 'extreme change'?
6- In the past 6 months, how much has this pain changed your ability to take part in recreational, social, and family activities where 0 is 'no change' and 10 is 'extreme change'?
7- In the past 6 months, how has this pain changed your ability to work (including housework) where 0 is 'no change' and 10 is 'extreme change'?
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Diane Dixon, Beth Pollard, and Marie Johnston. What does the chronic pain questionnaire measure? In Pain. July 2007. Vol. 130. Pp. 249-253. available at: http://www.spineuniversity.com/chronic_pain_grade_questionnaire_combines_with_international_classification_of_functioning_disability
- ↑ Diane Dixon, Beth Pollard, and Marie Johnston. What does the chronic pain questionnaire measure? In Pain. July 2007. Vol. 130. Pp. 249-253. available at: http://www.spineuniversity.com/chronic_pain_grade_questionnaire_combines_with_international_classification_of_functioning_disability