McGill Pain Questionnaire.

MPQ / SF-MPQ

What it measures

Multidimensional pain experience: sensory, affective, evaluative and miscellaneous qualities via pain descriptors; present pain intensity (PPI); pain rating index (PRI)

Length and format

MPQ 78 descriptor words in 20 subclasses; SF-MPQ 15 descriptors + VAS + PPI; SF-MPQ-2 has 22 items. descriptor checklist with intensity ranks; PPI 0-5; VAS (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages (the SF-MPQ and SF-MPQ-2 are widely translated)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - author permission

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Reference

Melzack, R. (1975). The McGill Pain Questionnaire: major properties and scoring methods. Pain, 1(3), 277-299.