PCS

Pain Catastrophizing Scale

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* 1. Client Name: Surname, First Name

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* 2. Everyone experiences painful situations at some point in their lives. Such experiences may include headaches, tooth pain, joint or muscle pain. People are often exposed to situations that may cause pain such as illness, injury, dental procedures or surgery.

We are interested in the types of thoughts and feelings that you have when you are in pain. Listed below are thirteen statements describing different thoughts and feelings that may be associated with pain. Using the following scale, pleae indicate the degree to which you have these thoughts and feelings when you are experiencing pain.

	0 Not at all	1 To a slight degree	2 To a moderate degree	3 To a great degree	4 All the time
I worry all the time about whether the pain will end	I worry all the time about whether the pain will end 0 Not at all	I worry all the time about whether the pain will end 1 To a slight degree	I worry all the time about whether the pain will end 2 To a moderate degree	I worry all the time about whether the pain will end 3 To a great degree	I worry all the time about whether the pain will end 4 All the time
I feel I can't go on	I feel I can't go on 0 Not at all	I feel I can't go on 1 To a slight degree	I feel I can't go on 2 To a moderate degree	I feel I can't go on 3 To a great degree	I feel I can't go on 4 All the time
It's terrible and I think it's never going to get any better	It's terrible and I think it's never going to get any better 0 Not at all	It's terrible and I think it's never going to get any better 1 To a slight degree	It's terrible and I think it's never going to get any better 2 To a moderate degree	It's terrible and I think it's never going to get any better 3 To a great degree	It's terrible and I think it's never going to get any better 4 All the time
It's awful and I feel that it overwhelms me	It's awful and I feel that it overwhelms me 0 Not at all	It's awful and I feel that it overwhelms me 1 To a slight degree	It's awful and I feel that it overwhelms me 2 To a moderate degree	It's awful and I feel that it overwhelms me 3 To a great degree	It's awful and I feel that it overwhelms me 4 All the time
I feel I can't stand it anymore	I feel I can't stand it anymore 0 Not at all	I feel I can't stand it anymore 1 To a slight degree	I feel I can't stand it anymore 2 To a moderate degree	I feel I can't stand it anymore 3 To a great degree	I feel I can't stand it anymore 4 All the time
I become afraid that the pain will get worse	I become afraid that the pain will get worse 0 Not at all	I become afraid that the pain will get worse 1 To a slight degree	I become afraid that the pain will get worse 2 To a moderate degree	I become afraid that the pain will get worse 3 To a great degree	I become afraid that the pain will get worse 4 All the time
I keep thinking of other painful events	I keep thinking of other painful events 0 Not at all	I keep thinking of other painful events 1 To a slight degree	I keep thinking of other painful events 2 To a moderate degree	I keep thinking of other painful events 3 To a great degree	I keep thinking of other painful events 4 All the time
I anxiously want the pain to go away	I anxiously want the pain to go away 0 Not at all	I anxiously want the pain to go away 1 To a slight degree	I anxiously want the pain to go away 2 To a moderate degree	I anxiously want the pain to go away 3 To a great degree	I anxiously want the pain to go away 4 All the time
I can't seem to keep it out of my mind	I can't seem to keep it out of my mind 0 Not at all	I can't seem to keep it out of my mind 1 To a slight degree	I can't seem to keep it out of my mind 2 To a moderate degree	I can't seem to keep it out of my mind 3 To a great degree	I can't seem to keep it out of my mind 4 All the time
I keep thinking about how much it hurts	I keep thinking about how much it hurts 0 Not at all	I keep thinking about how much it hurts 1 To a slight degree	I keep thinking about how much it hurts 2 To a moderate degree	I keep thinking about how much it hurts 3 To a great degree	I keep thinking about how much it hurts 4 All the time
I keep thinking about how badly I want the pain to stop	I keep thinking about how badly I want the pain to stop 0 Not at all	I keep thinking about how badly I want the pain to stop 1 To a slight degree	I keep thinking about how badly I want the pain to stop 2 To a moderate degree	I keep thinking about how badly I want the pain to stop 3 To a great degree	I keep thinking about how badly I want the pain to stop 4 All the time
There's nothing I can do to reduce the intensity of the pain	There's nothing I can do to reduce the intensity of the pain 0 Not at all	There's nothing I can do to reduce the intensity of the pain 1 To a slight degree	There's nothing I can do to reduce the intensity of the pain 2 To a moderate degree	There's nothing I can do to reduce the intensity of the pain 3 To a great degree	There's nothing I can do to reduce the intensity of the pain 4 All the time
I wonder whether something serious may happen	I wonder whether something serious may happen 0 Not at all	I wonder whether something serious may happen 1 To a slight degree	I wonder whether something serious may happen 2 To a moderate degree	I wonder whether something serious may happen 3 To a great degree	I wonder whether something serious may happen 4 All the time

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* 3. Interpretation of scores (for office use only)

TOTAL SCORE: add up the total scores = _______
Score Range: >=30 clinically relevant

This questionnaire is taken from: Sullivan MJ, Bishop SR, Pivik J. The pain catastrophizing scale: development and validation. Psychological assessment. 1995 Dec;7(4):524.