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PAIN DISABILITY INDEX : MEASURING DISABILITY ARISING FROM PAIN - CONTINUED 2

3.       SELF CARE

 

This refers to activities which involve personal maintenance and independent daily living (e.g. getting a bath or shower, getting dressed etc)

 

PLEASE RATE                                                                                                

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

not applicable

NO DISABILITY                                                                               TOTAL DISABILITY

 

 

6.       BASIC ACTIVITIES OF LIVING

 

This refers to basic matters such as eating, sleeping and breathing

 

PLEASE RATE                                                                                                 

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

not applicable

NO DISABILITY                                                                               TOTAL DISABILITY

 

 

7.       SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR

 

This category refers to the frequency and quality of ones sex life

 

PLEASE RATE                                                                                                

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

not applicable

NO DISABILITY                                                                               TOTAL DISABILITY

 

 

Finally, how many days off work because of your pain have you had since your last visit to the doctor?.

 

 

 

 

REFERENCES

 

Chibnall T.T.  Krause S.  Tait .C. 1990

The Pain Disability Index: Psychometric Properties

Pain 40:171-184

 

Duckro P.N.  Krause S.J.  Margolis R.B. Pollard C.A.  Tait R.C. 1987

The Pain Disability Index: Psychometric & Validity Data

Archives of Physical Rehabilitation Medicine 68(7) 438-441

 

Vol. 1 No. 2 April 2003