Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
PROMIS Short Form 3a Pain Intensity v1.0 PAINQU8 Past 7 Days Intensity of Average 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 Pain Intensity 5 Point Scale the PROMIS scale used to rate a patient's pain intensity during the last seven days. Value List

# Permissible value Value meaning name Value meaning code Value meaning definition Code system name Concept Concept source
1 Had 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
PROMIS Short Form - Pain Intensity NCI Thesaurus C119610 object
PROMIS Short Form - Pain Intensity Past Week Intensity of Average Pain Score NCI caDSR 4632764v1 data element concept
Score NCI Thesaurus C25338 property
Past Week NCI Thesaurus C95402 property
Intensity of Average Pain NCI Thesaurus C119956 property

# Definition Tags
A person's stated observation of how intense their average pain was in the past 7 days, using a five-point Likert scale. Long Name
How intense was your average Preferred Question Text

# Designation Tags
How intense was your average pain? Preferred Question Text
PROMIS Short Form 3a Pain Intensity v1.0 PAINQU8 Past 7 Days Intensity of Average Pain Score 5 Point Scale Long Name

# Identifier Origin Version
4633486 caDSR 1
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