Assessment

Dallas Pain Questionnaire

~5 Minutes to Administer
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Free / No Cost
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Practice Settings

Home Health
Outpatient Clinics

Focus Areas

Chronic Pain
Hand Therapy

Practice Populations

Adults

What It Measures

The Dallas Pain Questionnaire (DPQ) asks a person with chronic spinal pain to estimate, as a percentage, how much that pain has taken over different parts of their life. Rather than rating pain intensity, each question asks the person to mark a line from 0% to 100% for how much pain affects a particular area.

Sixteen items sort into four sections: daily activities (personal care, lifting, walking, sitting, standing, sleeping), work and leisure (social life, travel, vocational activity), anxiety and depression, and social interest (relationships, social support, and how others respond). Each section is scored separately on a 0 to 100 scale and reported on its own rather than combined, so a person whose pain has mostly affected mood shows a different profile from one whose pain has mostly affected movement.

Further Reading

Additional Notes

Learn More: Reported minimal clinically important improvements are about 22 points for daily activities, 23 for work and leisure, 10 for anxiety/depression, and 2 for social interest.

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