The Pain Frequency-Severity-Duration Scale as a Measure of Pain: Preliminary Validation in a Pediatric Chronic Pain Sample

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and descriptive information (𝑛=278).

	𝑁	%	M	SD	Range
Age (years)			14.07	2.64	8–18
Gender
Female	191	69.0%
Male	87	31.0%
Ethnicity
Caucasian	215	77.0%
African-American	26	9.0%
Multiracial	11	4.0%
Hispanic	14	5.0%
American Indian	1	<1%
Missing/not reported	11	4.0%
Pain location
Head	99	37.0%
Abdomen	44	16.0%
Back	44	16.0%
Lower extremity	33	12.0%
Upper extremity	17	6.0%
Generalized	15	6.0%
Other	17	6.0%
Usual pain (clinic visit)			5.86	2.36	0–10
Worst pain (clinic visit)			8.55	1.46	0–10
PFSD composite score			66.26	37.64	0–140
CALQ total score			41.06	22.63	0–101
PedsQL total score			57.56	17.28	4.35–100
Physical composite			48.86	23.96	0–100
Psychosocial composite			61.64	17.27	6.67–100
Emotional summary			58.40	22.03	0–100
Social summary			76.06	20.29	5–100
School summary			50.36	23.40	0–100

CALQ: child activity limitations questionnaire. PFSD: pain-frequency-severity-duration. PedsQL: pediatric quality of life.