QVAS
QVAS
QVAS
Patient ID Number:_______________________________
Please read carefully:
Instructions: Please circle the number that best describes the question being asked.
Note:
If you have more than one complaint, please answer each question for each individual complaint and indicate the score for each
complaint. Please indicate your pain level right now, average pain, and pain at its best and worst.
Example:
No pain
Elbow
Wrist
Shoulder
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
No pain
0
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
No pain
0
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2
3
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10
3 What is your pain level AT ITS BEST (How close to 0 does your pain get at its best)?
No pain
0
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
4 What is your pain level AT ITS WORST (How close to 10 does your pain get at its worst)?
No pain
0
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2
3
4
5
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7
8
9
10
OTHER COMMENTS:
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Examiner
Reprinted from Spine, 18, Von Korff M, Deyo RA, Cherkin D, Barlow SF, Back pain in primary care: Outcomes at 1 year, 855-862, 1993, with permission from Elsevier
Science.