Pain Care Toolbox: Assessment Tools

Assessment Tools

General Screening

Name	Description
PEG-3	Pain screening tool that assesses pain, general function and quality of life
Start Back	Tool that stratifies risk of chronicity and degree of psychosocial complexity

Mood and Mental Health

Name	Description
ACES	Adverse Childhood Events Screening (ACES) tool for trauma history
Pain Catastrophizing Scale	Tool to measure rumination, magnification, and feelings of helplessness about pain
PHQ-4	Depression and anxiety screening tool
Primary Care PTSD-5	Tool to screen for PTSD

Pain Assessment

Name	Description
Widespread Pain Index	Central sensitization fibromyalgia screening tool
Brief Pain Inventory	Short form for assessing pain
PainDETECT	Neuropathic pain screening tool

Function

Name	Description
Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire	Assesses patient’s beliefs about fear avoidance
Oswestry	Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire is an extremely important tool to measure a patient’s permanent functional disability
Pain Disability Index	Tool to measure how pain is interfering with patient’s ADLs
Pain Interference	Graded pain and function scale