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Severity bands for these items are:•
- 0 = no pain
- 1-4 = mild pain
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- 5-6 = moderate pain
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- 7-10 = severe pain
The IMMPACT group’s recommendations for assessing clinical significance for 0-10 numeric pain scales are that a change of:
≥ 10% represents minimally important change
≥ 30% represents moderate clinically important change (ePPOC uses this category criteria to identify clinically significant improvement for average and worst pain)
≥ 50% represents substantial clinically important change.
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