Questions

Responses and scores

1) The patient’s pain appears uninterrupted

1 That is not the case

2 The pain is intermittent

3 The patient appears to be almost always in pain

2) The patient has a specific way of indicating the symptomatic area (s)

1 That is not the case

2 They rub the symptomatic area (s)

3 Without instruction, they begin to remove their clothes and show the symptomatic area (s)

3) The patient appears to have pain over the whole symptomatic area

1 That is not the case

2 They sometimes do

3 Almost all the time

4) When examination or treatment is recommended, the patient becomes badly tempered, easily angered, or argumentative

1 That is not the case

2 They show slight resistance

3 They show significant resistance

5) When having their senses assessed, the patient responds excessively to stimulation

1 That is not the case

2 Their response is slightly excessive

3 Their response is quite excessive

6) The patient repeatedly asks questions regarding their condition or surgery

1 That is not the case

2 They sometimes do

3 Almost all the time

7) The patient changes their attitude depending on the medical staff member

1 That is not the case

2 They do somewhat

3 They do significantly

8) The patient wishes that their symptoms were gone, even with regard to slight symptoms

1 That is not the case

2 They do somewhat

3 They do significantly