Best Practices for Chiropractic Management of Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline

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J Altern Complement Med. October 2020; 26(10): 884–901.

Published online 2020 Oct 8. doi: 10.1089/acm.2020.0181

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Table 11.

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Assessing Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain⁴

Pain characteristics	Functional ability	Quality of life	Psychological factors
Verbal Rating Scale Numeric Rating Scale	Patient Specific Functional Scale (PSFS)¹⁷	Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)	Beck Depression Inventory Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9)
Visual Analog Scale	Pain Disability Index	Global Well-Being Scale⁷⁴	Profile of Mood States
Neuropathic Pain Scale Central Sensitization Inventory^51,61,101	Brief Pain Inventory	EuroQol PROMIS Global Health	Coping Strategies Questionnaire PTSD Checklist-Specific Version Alcohol/drug dependency: CAGE-AID¹⁰²

Tools for assessing specific types of pain (low back, etc.) are shown in those sections Only tools for assessing general chronic pain rather than those for specific locations (low back, etc.) are shown.