Questionnaires | Variables |
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Severity of chronic pain problems (disability, pain intensity) | |
Pain Experience Scale (SES) [64] | Sensory and affective descriptors of pain |
Health-related quality of life | |
Resilience (personal competence, acceptance of self and life) | |
Anxiety and depression | |
Childhood and adolescence maltreatment (physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical and emotional neglect) | |
Perceived location(s) of pain will be assessed using digitised pain drawings. Classification into categories of chronic local and chronic widespread pain. | |
Sociodemographics (self-report questions) | Age, sex, marital status, education, employment status |
Interviews | |
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders + Axis II (SCID I + II)* [69] | DSM-IV Axis-I and Axis-II mental disorders |
Physical examination | |
ACR Criteria for Fibromyalgia (ACR Classification) [62][102] | Tenderpoint count and documentation of specific symptoms |
Physical Impairment Scale (PIS) [67] | Physical impairment (total flexion, total extension, average lateral flexion, straight leg raising, spinal tenderness, bilateral active straight leg raising, and sit-up) |
Back Performance Scale (BPS) [68] | Disability. Tests of daily activities (Sock Test, Pick-up Test, Roll-up Test, Fingertip-to-Floor Test, and Lift Test) |