An Objective Pain Score for Chronic Pain Clinic Patients

Table 1

Chronic pain behavioral pain scale for adults (CBPS).

Category	Score	0	1	2
1	Pain bother; “How much is your pain bothering you right now?”	A little bit	Somewhat	Quite a bit or very much
2	Anxiety	Relaxed and content	Relaxes with reassurance	Difficult or unable to comfort
3	Face	Smile or neutral	Neutral with occasional grimace or frown	Frowning or grimace most of the time
4	Activity	Normal posture and moves easily	Favoring posture and movement is somewhat limited by pain	Tense and guarded with little movement or frequent position changes
5	Interaction	Calm with normal conversation	Uneasy with hesitant speech and some complaints of pain	Agitated or crying with rapid speech and mostly complaints of pain