Graded Chronic Pain Scale - Revised - GCPS-R

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 06, 2020

Last Modified: January 15, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements the Graded Chronic Pain Scale-Revised (GCPS-R). The GCPS-R uses a standard 3-month recall period for assessing chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain, as well as a 1-week time frame for assessing current pain severity.

References

Von Korff, M.; DeBar, L.L.; Krebs, E.E,c; Kerns, R.D.; Deyo, R.A; Keefe, F.J.(2020). Graded chronic pain scale revised: mild, bothersome, and high-impact chronic pain. PAIN,161,651-661. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001758

Duration

1 minute

Overview

This script runs 2 screening question regarding chronic pain during the last 3 months as well as
well as 4 questions regarding pain severity during the last week.

If the answer to the first question is 0 ("no pain during the last 3 months"), the remaining questions are
skipped.

Scoring

6 likert-type questions:

grade scoring follows the algorithm outline in vonKorff et al (2020):
q1 = if response is Never/Some days => grade 0
q2 = if response is Most Days/Every Day => grade3
(q3+q4+q5) >= 12 => grade 2 else grade 1

Summary Data

File Name: gradedchronicpainscale_revised_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
startDate Date the session was run
startTime Time the session was run
subjectId Participant ID
groupId Group number
sessionId Session number
elapsedTime Session duration in ms
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed
grade 0: chronic pain absent
1: mild chronic pain
2: bothersome chronic pain
3: high impact chronic pain
+ responses to the individual 6 questions

Raw Data

File Name: gradedchronicpainscale_revised.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject, group, session With the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build Inquisit version number
q*_response Response given (in assigned values)
Scale
R = automatically reversed scored questions
q*_latency How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular
question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited)

Parameters

The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.

NameDescriptionDefault
pageInstructions The general instructions provided