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Specific questionnaires: PAIN PDF Print E-mail

Name of questionnaires

Author(s)

Original language

Countries concerned
Back Pain and Limited Activity Days (PLADS) Questionnaire Dr Cummings
Dr Nevitt		 English (USA) Argentina, Australian, Belgium (Dutch, French), Brazil, Canada (French), Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia (Estonian, Russian), Finland (Finnish, Swedish), France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong (Cantonese Chinese), Hungary, India (English, Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu), Israel (Arabic, Hebrew, Russian), Italian, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, South Africa (Afrikaans, English), Spain, Sweden, UK (English), Vietnam
Back Pain Evaluation (BPE) M. Nevitt English (USA) Argentina, Australia, Belgium (Dutch, French), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia (Estonian, Russian), Finland (Finnish, Swedish), France, Greece, Hong-Kong (Cantonese), Hungary, India (English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telegu), Israel (Arabic, Hebrew, Russian), Italy, Korea, Latvia, Mexico, New-Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Africa (Afrikaans, English), Spain, Swedish, Vietnam
Brief Pain Inventory (Short Form)- BPI Dr Cleeland
Dr Mendoza		 English (USA)

Australia, Belgium (Dutch, French), Bulgaria, Brazil (Portuguese), Canada (French), China (Simplified Chinese), Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, India (Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu), Italy, Korea, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Norway, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa (Afrikaans), Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, UK (English)
Categorical Pain Relief Scale - English (USA) Belgium (Dutch, French), Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (German), UK (English)
Chronic Pain Questionnaire (CHROPAIN) (Battery) Mapi Values, P.C English (USA) Denmark, Finland, France, Sweden, UK (English)
Coping Strategies Questionnaire Dr Franck Keefe from Duje University Medical Center English (USA) French
Disability Rating Scale for Low Back Pain (RMDRS) Dr Roland English (UK) Belgium (Dutch), Czech Republic, Romania, Spain
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) Dr Burckhardt et al. English (USA)

Argentina, Canada (French), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden
Headache Impact Test (HIT6) Dr Ware
QualityMetric		 English (USA) Lithuania, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
McGill Pain Questionnaire Short form (MPQ) Dr Melzack English (Canada)

Argentina, Australia, Austria (German), Belgium (Dutch, French), Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada (French), Chile (Spanish), Colombia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong (English, Cantonese Chinese), Hungary, India (Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu), Israel (Arabic, Russian), Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru (Spanish), The Philippines (Tagalog), Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore (Chinese), Slovakia, South Africa (Afrikaans, English), Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK (English), USA (English, Spanish)

Only Present Pain Intensity Scale (Part C) : Czec Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore (Malay), Switzerland (German, Italian), Turkey, Uruguay USA (Spanish)
Memorial Pain Assessment Card (MPAC) Kathleen Foley English (USA) Germany
MIGRAINE P.C France
Migraine Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MIG16) P.C English (USA) Argentina, Brazil, Canada (French), Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, UK (English)
MOS PAIN Dr Stewart
Dr Ware		 English (USA) France
Modified Pain Disability Index (mPDI) Pliva Hrvatska D.O.O
Ms Maja Gasparic		 English (USA) Belarus (Russian), Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia
Neck Disability Index (NDI) Dr Vernon English (Canada) Australia, Canada (French), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland (French, German, Italian), UK (English), USA (English, Spanish)
Neuropathic Pain Scale (NPS) Dr Galer
Dr Jensen		 English (USA)

Argentina, Australia, Austria (German), Belgium (Dutch, French), Brazil, Canada (English, French), Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, India (Malayalam, Tamil), Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Singapore (Chinese), South Africa (Afrikaans, English), Spain, Sweden, UK (English), USA (English, Spanish)
Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI) Dr Bouhassira French Denmark, Finland, Japan, UK (English)
New England Medical Center-Pain (NEMC PAIN) Dr Carr English (USA) Canada (French)
Numerical Rating Scale (PNS) C.S. Cleeland English (USA) Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden
PAOD Pain VAS Mark P. Jensen, Paul Karoly
Sanford Bravor		 English (USA) Argentina, Australia, Belgium (Dutch, French), Brazil, Canada (English, French), Chile, China (Mandarin Chinese), Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong (Cantonese Chinese), Hungary, India (English, Hindi), Italy, Japan, Malaysia (Malay), Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Singapore (Mandarin Chinese), South Africa (Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, Zulu), Korea, Spain, Switerland (French, German), Turkey, UK (English), USA (Spanish)
Pain Intensity Scale and Sleep Interference Scale (PIS-SIS) _ English (UK) Belgium (Dutch, French), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain
Pain-Management Satisfaction Questionnaire (POP2) P.C English (USA) Austria (German), Belgium (Dutch), Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Norway
Pain Questionnaire (PD-Q) Ralf Baron German Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, USA (English), Turkey
Pain Treatment Satisfaction Scale (PTSS) Mapi Values English (USA) Belgium (Dutch, French), Canada (French), Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK (English), USA (Spanish)
Patient's Perception of Migraine Questionnaire (PPMQ) P.C English (USA) Argentina, Brazil, Canada (French), Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, UK (English)
PedsQL™ Pediatric Pain Questionnaire (PPQ) Dr Varni English (USA)

Belgium (French and Dutch), Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel (Hebrew), Italy, Mexico, Pakistan (Urdu), Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
Pliva VAS:
- Pain Intensity – VAS
- Individual Treatment Target – VAS
- 5 point Verbal Rating Scale (5-VRS)
- Low Back Pain Bothersomeness Scale (LBP-BS)
- Global Assessment of Disease Status (GADS)
- Global Assessment of Response to the Therapy (GART)
- Global Improvement of Disease – CGI-I
- Tolerability Assessment		 Pliva Hrvatska D.O.O, Ms Maja Gasparic English (USA) Belarus (Russian), Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia
Post-Operative Pain (POP) Mapi Values, P.C English (USA) Austria (German), Belgium (Dutch), Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Norway
Present Pain Intensity (PPI) Dr Melzack English (Canada) Israel (Arabic)
Quality of Life Impairment by Pain (QLIP) Dr Gerhard Müller-Schwefe, Hanne Seemann, Dr Dietrich Jungck, Dr Thomas Flöter German Belarus (Russian), Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, UK (English)
Quality of Life - Pain Assessment (QOL-PA) P.C English (USA) France, Germany, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden
Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPD) Dr Kopec English (USA) Germany
Roland and Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDRS) Roland & Morris English (UK)

Argentina, Australia, Belgium (Dutch), Canada (English, French), Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India (Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu), Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Spain, USA (English, Spanish)
Treatment Outcomes in Pain Survey (TOPS) Dr Ware English (USA) France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, UK (English)
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (Zung-SDS) William W. K. Zung English (USA) Austria , Germany, The Netherlands, UK (English)
P.C = pharmaceutical company