Supporting Research in Pain Management for Veterans and Military Service Members
Supporting Research in Pain Management for Veterans and Military Service Members

Musculoskeletal Pain Population

NSCAP

The NSCAP assesses the frequency, targeted outcome (e.g., “to manage pain”), perceived effectiveness, and setting of these approaches.

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Pain Intensity Threshold

In surveys of patients with chronic pain, pain intensity is described as a critically important dimension of the pain experience and a crucial target of pain treatments (Turk et al., 2008). Moreover, panels of pain experts have suggested that “For most clinical trials of chronic pain treatments, a measure of pain intensity will provide the primary outcome measure.”

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AUDIT-C

The Alcohol Disorders Identification Test-Concise (AUDIT-C) is a brief alcohol use disorder screening instrument that reliably identifies individuals who are at risk for alcohol use disorder (including alcohol abuse or dependence).

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PEG

The PEG is a brief, convenient, patient-reported pain outcome measure that is derived from the Brief Pain Inventory.

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