Brief Pain Inventory.
BPI
Pain severity (worst/least/average/now) and pain interference with 7 life domains (general activity, mood, walking, work, relations, sleep, enjoyment of life); plus body map and relief from treatment
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- Short Form 9 (with subitems); Long Form 32. 0-10 numeric rating scales + body diagram (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Dozens of languages (the short form is the translation standard; ES, ZH, JA, KO, IT, NO, PL, RU, and many more)
- Licence
- copyrighted - author permission
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- Reference
- Cleeland, C. S., & Ryan, K. M. (1994). Pain assessment: global use of the Brief Pain Inventory. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 23(2), 129-138.
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