Skip to main content

Table 2 Patient-centered clinical outcomes

From: Development and feasibility of a sex- and gender-sensitive primary care intervention for patients with chronic non-cancer pain receiving long-term opioid therapy (GESCO): a study protocol

Outcome

Measure

Data collection

Date of data collection

t0

t1

t2

Pain

Pain history and progression (German Pain Questionnaire [58])

Self-assessment, completed by patient

x

 

x

10-point-pain scale (three scales: acute pain, average pain during the last 4 weeks, and strongest pain within the last 4 weeks)

Telephone interview with patient, conducted by study nurse

x

x

x

Mental well-being

Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS) [59]

Self-assessment, completed by patient

x

 

x

The Marburg questionnaire on habitual well-being (FW7) [60]

Quality of life

Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12) [61]

Pain medication

Self-reported medication

Telephone interview with patient, conducted by study nurse

x

x

x

German, nationally standardized medication plan

Assessed by treating physician

x

x

x

Adverse effects of medication

Self-reported adverse effects

Telephone interview with patient, conducted by study nurse

x

 

x

Satisfaction with information about medication

Satisfaction with Information about Medicines Scale (SIMS) [62, 63]

Potential opioid medication misuse

Pain Medication Questionnaire (PMQ) [64]

Perceived stigma due to pain

Internalized Stigma of Chronic Pain (ISCP) [65]a

Disruption of daily life due to pain

Pain Disability Index (PDI) [66]

Optimism/pessimism

Optimism–Pessimism Short Scale 2 (SOP2) [67]

  1. t0 baseline (before intervention); t1 2-month follow-up; t2 5-month follow-up
  2. aGerman translation by study team