Scales to measure pain intensity

Cases studies
Usefulness of the scales Back pain and physical disability Scales shown; criteria for selection, meaning and use of the provided information Scales to measure pain intensity Scales to measure degree of physical disability Scales to measure quality of life

NAME	TIME AND KIND OF ADMINISTRATION	SCORING TIME	RANGE	DIRECTION OF PROGRESSION	BIBLIOGRAPHY	LANGUAGES
Visual Analogue Rating scale (VAS)	Self-administered 30 seconds	Inmediate	1-100; 1-10	Lesser to greated	Huskisson, E. C. Measurement of pain. Lancet 1974; 2:1127-1131	Universal
Mcguill Pain Questionnaire	Self-administered 10-15 minutes		PPI* 0-5	Lesser to greater	Melzack, R. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: Major properties and scoring methods. Pain 1975; 1:277-299	English French Italian German Dutch Norwegian Finnish
Brief Pain inventory. Uso principal en cáncer	Self-administered 10-15 minutes		0-10	Lesser to greater	Daut RL, Cleeland CS. The prevalence and severity of pain in cancer. Cancer 1982;50:1913-18	English French Spanish Vietnamese Mandarin
Medical Outcomes Study Pain Measures	Self-administered		1-5	Lesser to greater	Sherbourne CD. Pain measures. In: Stewart AL, Ware JE Jr, eds. Measuring functioning and well-being: The medical Outcome Study aproach. Durham. North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1992:220-234	English
Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire	Self-administered					English
Back Pain Classification Scale: Difference between psychological and organic pain.	Self-administered 5-10 minutes		Psychological: Negative values Organic: Positive values	Less to greater	Leavitt F, Garron DC, Whisler WW, et al. Affective and sensory dimensions of back pain. Pain 1978; 4:273-281	English Spanish