These separate computer adaptive online surveys draw on 70 items selected to assess either acute or
chronic pain. Online delivery of these surveys uses QualityMetric's DYNHA® dynamic health
assessment - software to select and score only those items required to calculate a precise score for the individual.
While the software offers a unique short-form survey for each respondent, all items have been calibrated on the same metric, enabling
patients to compare their own scores over time and clinicians to compare scores across patients and over time.
The item pool underlying the DYNHA pain impact surveys includes questions from some of most widely used health assessments that
included the pain concept. Survey content represented comes from the SF-36® and SF-8™ Health Surveys,
the Nottingham Health Profile, the Sickness Impact Profile, the McGill Pain Questionnaire,
the Oswestry Low-Back Pain Questionnaire, the Brief Pain Index, the Aberdeen Back Pain scale, the Medical Outcomes Study Pain Index, the EuroQol,
and pain batteries fielded in the Health Insurance Experiment. Items assess various manifestations of pain, including the impact of pain on
functioning and well-being, pain intensity and severity, and specific types of pain (e.g. stabbing, cramping, burning, throbbing).
Useful both for screening and for monitoring changes in pain impact, the surveys can be completed in a clinical practice setting, at home,
or in other locations. Clients can elect to have either or both the acute pain impact and chronic impact scores calculated. A simple patient-specific
results report with interpretation guidelines can be stored in an online Health Notebook™ or printed for immediate or later use.
This report may also be customized to fit the client's particular requirements.
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