2-187 - Pain Catastrophising Scale: Q12

Item name

Pain Catastrophising Scale: Q12

epiCentre name

PCSQ12

Definition

Patient response to PCS statement “There’s nothing I can do to reduce the intensity of the pain” from selection of responses detailed in the values below

Usage

The score on this item contributes to the PCS total score (D-XXX) and the Helplessness subscale total (D-XXX)

ID

2-187

Mandatory

Source

Element of

Pain Catastrophising Scale (PCS)

Business rules

Nil

Dependencies

Data type

Numeric

Format

N

Maximum length

1

Data domain

Code	Description
0	Not at all
1	To a slight degree
2	To a moderate degree
3	To a great degree
4	All the time

Conditions

Nil

Level

Survey

Derived item

Derived by

Not applicable