Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
PROMIS Short Form 3a Pain Intensity v1.0 PAINQU21 Level of Current Pain Score 5 Point Scale NCI Health outcomes
Patient and caregiver health outcomes
NIH CDEs
  • NIDA
    • Clinical Research
      • PROMIS Pain Intensity - Short Form 3a v1.0
        • PROMIS Pain Intensity - Short Form 3a v1.0

# Name Definition Datatype
PROMIS Current Pain Intensity 5 Point Scale the PROMIS scale used to rate a patient's pain intensity right now. Value List

# Permissible value Value meaning name Value meaning code Value meaning definition Code system name Concept Concept source
1 No pain C119987 A response indicating that an individual has or had no pain. NCI Thesaurus C119987 NCI Thesaurus
2 Mild C70666 Gentle or temperate in nature or degree. NCI Thesaurus C70666 NCI Thesaurus
3 Moderate C61376 The quality of being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme. NCI Thesaurus C61376 NCI Thesaurus
4 Severe C70667 Intensely bad or unpleasant in degree, quality or extent. NCI Thesaurus C70667 NCI Thesaurus
5 Very severe C103457 Exceedingly intense or unpleasant in degree, quality or extent. NCI Thesaurus C103457 NCI Thesaurus

# Name Origin Origin Concept type
Level of Current Pain NCI Thesaurus C119957 property
Score NCI Thesaurus C25338 property
PROMIS Short Form - Pain Intensity NCI Thesaurus C119610 object
PROMIS Short Form - Pain Intensity Level of Current Pain Score NCI caDSR 4632767v1 data element concept

# Definition Tags
What is your level of pain ri Preferred Question Text
A person's stated observation of their level of pain right now, using a five-point Likert scale. Long Name

# Designation Tags
What is your level of pain right now? Preferred Question Text
PROMIS Short Form 3a Pain Intensity v1.0 PAINQU21 Level of Current Pain Score 5 Point Scale Long Name

# Identifier Origin Version
4633487 caDSR 1
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