Review
"...documents how the Social Security Administration Pain Assessment Instruments Development project can meet clinical and research needs." -- Paula Anne Franklin, PhD (from the Foreword)
"...even more promising is a measure developed for the SSA to analyze disability claims involving chronic pain." -- Business and Health Magazine
"...even more promising is a measure developed for the SSA to analyze disability claims involving chronic pain." -- Business and Health Magazine
Product Description
Unique multiperspective tool that contains a concise pain assessment protocol which encompasses all domains related to chronic pain evaluation Provides the first and only scientifically reliable and valid chronic pain assessment tool proven to predict likelihood of return to work in disability applicants with chronic painContains clinically useful information for the implementation of the instruments in an office or administrative setting This unique manual describes the use of pain assessment questionnaires that will assist practitioners treating patients with chronic pain on a regular basis. The instruments contained in the manual were developed to provide a valid, reliable, multidimensional and standardized assessment battery that can be routinely and uniformly used to facilitate the assessment of pain in the disability determination process. The scientific background for the questionnaires as well as clinical guidelines for completing the instruments, commonly asked questions, and parameters for addressing difficult questions are provided.
