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1. Por favor marque en la escala el número que mejor describa la intensidad de su dolor en PROMEDIO durante la última semana:

Ningún dolor	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	El dolor más fuerte imaginable

2. Por favor marque en la escala el número que mejor describa la intensidad de su PEOR dolor durante la última semana:

Ningún dolor	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	El dolor más fuerte imaginable

3. Durante la última semana, ¿con qué frecuencia (o qué tan seguido) ha tenido Ud. dolor? (Si ha tenido distintos tipos de dolor, conteste describiendo sus sentimientos de dolor en general.)

4. ¿Cómo describiría usted su dolor de cuerpo durante la última semana?

5. Cuando tuvo dolor durante la última semana, ¿cuánto tiempo duró normalmente? (Se ha tenido distintos tipos de dolor, conteste describiendo sus sentimientos de dolor en general.)

Scoring

The score for each item is the number circled. If two consecutive numbers are circled, score the higher number (more pain). If the numbers are not consecutive, do not score the item. To score the scale, first transform each of the five items into a 0 to 100 scale, then calculate the mean of the transformed items. If more than two items are missing, do not score the scale. Scores range from 0-100; higher score indicates more pain.

Characteristics

Tested on 272 Spanish-speaking subjects. N=25 for test-retest.

Source of Psychometric Data

Stanford Spanish Outcome Measures Study. Psychometrics reported in: González V, Stewart A, Ritter P, Lorig K, Translation and validation of arthritis outcome measures into Spanish. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 38(10),1995, pp.1429-1446.

Comments

This scale is a modified version of the Medical Outcomes Study pain severity scale. This scale is further modified by substituting a 0-10 visual numeric scale for the original 0-20 numeric scale in items 1 and 2. The psychometrics were done on a print black-and-white version of the visual numeric, which is printed in the PDF version of this page (see link on the bottom of this page). Reprinted with permission, Duke University Press.

References

González VM, Stewart A, Ritter P, & Lorig K, Translation and validation of arthritis outcome measures into Spanish. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 38, 1995, pp.1429-1446.

Stewart AK & Ware JE Jr (Eds), Measuring Functioning and Well-Being: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach. RAND Corporation, 1992.

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