Assessing Global Pain Severity by Self-Report in Clinical and Health Services Research

From the *Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, and the †Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and the ‡Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tempe, Arizona. Supported by National Institutes of Health Grant P01 DE08773. Address reprint requests to Michael Von Korff, ScD Center for Health Studies Group Health Cooperative 1730 Minor Avenue, Siute 1600 Seattle, WA 98101 E-mail:email protected This paper is adapted from two chapters, one by MPJ and PK and the other by MVK to appear in the Handbook of Pain Assessment. 2nd ed. D. C. Turk and R. Melzack, eds. New York: Guilford Publications. In press.