| Name of the Instrument/Tool | The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) |
| First Description |
Melzack R. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: major properties and scoring methods. Pain 1975;1:277–99. |
| Year | 1975 |
| Domains | |
| Concept of constructs | Pain |
| Population/Disease | Disease specific |
| Originally developed for | --- |
| Other rheumatic diseases where can be applied (only if validated) |
--- |
| Additional population with no rheumatic diseases |
No |
| Language: Originally published in | English |
| Available in Language | Czech, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, Japanese |
| REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION | |
| Author/s | Melzack R. |
| Title | The McGill Pain Questionnaire: major properties and scoring methods. |
| Journal | Pain |
| Year | 1975 |
| Vol | 1 |
| Num | 3 |
| Pages | 277-99 |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | --- |
| Other references of interest | |
| Link | Wilkie DJ, Savedra MC, HolzemerWL, et al. Use ofthe McGill P … |
| Brief Description |
Meta-analysis of 51 studies about the MPQ score |
| Link | Burckhardt CS. The use of the McGill Pain Questionnaire in a … |
| Brief Description |
A study with the objective to assess arthritis pain, reported good reproducibility and sensitivity to change for the MPQ score. |
| Instrument/Tool Translations References | |
| Link | Menezes Costa Lda C, Maher CG, McAuley JH, Costa LO. Systema … |
| Brief Description |
In this SLR, forty-four different versions of the MPQ were identified representing 26 different languages/cultures |
| DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Correspondence to | Ronald Melzack |
| ronald.melzack@mcgill.ca | |
| Address | Department of Psychology, and Pain Rehabilitation Research Unit of the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal Canada |
| Website | --- |
| Available | --- |
| Links | --- |
| DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT | |
| Type Of Measure | Questionnaire |
| Brief Description |
The MPQ is a list of 78 verbal descriptors grouped into 20 subclasses (each of which covers one aspect of the pain). These 20 subclasses are distributed among four classes: sensory or sensory-discriminative, affective or affective-emotional, evaluative, and miscellaneous (sensory-affective). T |
| Number of Items | 79 |
| Range | 0-78 |
| Responses options/scale |
Yes 10 |
| Developed for | --- |
| PRACTICAL APPLICATION | |
| Method of administration | Self-administered |
| Recommendations to score |
Seven words are selected from the following categories: dimension 1 to 10 (pain descriptors), three words; dimensions 11 to 15 (affective components of pain), dimension 16 (evaluation of pain) one word, and dimension 17 to 20 (miscellaneous) one word. Scores are tabulated by summing values associated with each word. |
| Score Interpretation | scores range from 0 (no pain) to 78 (severe pain) |
| Cut-off points | No cutoff has been determined to assist in interpreting the results |
| Cut-off points applied to | --- |
| Smallest detectable change if described | --- |
| Smallest detectable change applied to | --- |
| Completion time by the patient | 5-10 minutes |
| Scoring time by the assessor | 0 minutes |
| Training to score | Not necessary |
| Strengths | Useful in clinical practice & research, Widely used |
| Limitations | Lengthy |
| OTHER COMMENTS | |
| Other Comments | --- |