Common Data Elements (CDEs) Repository

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Common Data Elements (CDEs) Repository

The NIH HEAL Initiative’s Common Data Elements (CDEs) program aims to harmonize the data collected by the initiative’s studies, enhancing the comparability of various data sets generated by HEAL research.

HEAL researchers and potential applicants conducting research with human participants should also prioritize using the HEAL CDEs. Researchers outside the HEAL Initiative conducting pain research may also be interested in using validated and structured questionnaires.

The 'core' questionnaires in ten domains, demographic information, and opioid usage are required for the human subjects in pain HEAL grants and are organized depending on the type of pain and population being studied.

Instrument Name Description CDE Category Research Topic File Languages CDE Files
Adult Demographics

The Adult Demographics measure background information on adult participants.

 Core - Adult Demographics English, Spanish
Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medications, and other Substance 1 (TAPS 1)

The Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medications, and other Substance (TAPS) Tool measures the participants tobacco use, alcohol use, prescription medication misuse, and illicit substance use in the past year.

 Core - Adult Substance Use English, Spanish, Swedish
PROMIS Sleep Disturbance 6a

The PROMIS Sleep Disturbance 6a scale is composed of 6 items developed to assess the domain of sleep disturbances in the past 7 days.

 Core - Adult Sleep English, Spanish, Polish, Swedish
PROMIS Physical Function 6b

The PROMIS Physical Function 6b assesses physical function through a grading scale of daily living activities.

 Core - Adult Physical Functioning English, Spanish
Pain, Enjoyment of Life and General Activity (PEG)

The Pain, Enjoyment of Life and General Activity (PEG) scale is used for quickly assessing and monitoring chronic pain.

 Core - Adult Pain Intensity English, Spanish, Swedish
Pain Catastrophizing Scale 6 (PCS-6)

The Pain Catastrophizing Scale 6 (PCS-6) measures the state of mind of a participant in pain that encompasses the different perspectives on worrying.

 Core - Adult Pain Catastrophizing English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese
Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scale (FLACC)

The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scale (FLACC) is a behavioral pain assessment scale used for nonverbal or preverbal patients who are unable to self-report their level of pain.

 Core - Pediatric Pain Behavior English, Spanish
PROMIS Pediatric Anxiety 8a

The PROMIS Pediatric Anxiety 8a measures anxiety in children - early childhood ages 1 to 5 (ec), later childhood parent proxy ages 6 and 7 (proxy), self report ages 8 to 17.

 Core - Pediatric Anxiety English, Spanish, Somali, Arabic
PROMIS Pediatric Depressive Symptoms 8a

The PROMIS Pediatric Depressive Symptoms 8a assesses the depression, in a pediatric population.

 Core - Pediatric Depression English, Spanish
PedsQL - 23

The PedsQL Inventory measures the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in healthy children and adolescents and those with acute and chronic health conditions.

 Core - Pediatric Physical Functioning English, Spanish
Pediatric Demographics

The Pediatric Demographics are a set of demographic questions to gain background information on pediatric participants.

 Core - Pediatric Demographics English, Spanish
Numeric Rating Scale 11 (NRS-11)

The Numeric Rating Scale 11 (NRS-11) measures pain intensity.

 Core - Pediatric Pain Intensity English, Spanish
Pain Catastrophizing Scale Child (PCS-C)

The Pain Catastrophizing Scale Child (PCS-C) measures emotional responses to pain in children.

 Core - Pediatric Pain Catastrophizing English, Spanish
NIDA-Modified ASSIST

The NIDA-Modified ASSIST is a self-report measurement to assess participants for risky substance use.

 Core - Pediatric Substance Use English, Spanish
Child Activity Limitation Interview- 9 (CALI-9)

 The Child Activity Limitation Interview- 9 (CALI-9) measures pain-related activity limitation, includes self-report or parent proxy administration. 

 Core - Pediatric Pain Interference English, Spanish
Adolescent Sleep Wake Scale 10 (ASWS 10)

The Adolescent Sleep Wake Scale 10 (ASWS-10) measures pediatric participants sleep behaviors and patterns.

 Core - Pediatric Sleep English, Spanish
Opioid Milligrams of Morphine (MME)

The Opioid MME is the amount of milligrams of morphine an opioid dose is equal to when prescribed. Calculating MME accounts for differences in opioid drug type and strength.

 Core - Adult & Pediatric Opioids English
Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC)

The Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC) measures the change of a participant's condition over a certain amount of time.

 Core - Adult & Pediatric Global Satisfaction with Treatment English, Spanish, Polish, Swedish
Patient Health Questionnaire 2 (PHQ 2)

The Patient Health Questionnaire 2 (PHQ-2) measures the frequency of depressed mood and anhedonia over the past two weeks.

 Core - Adult & Pediatric Depression English, Spanish, Arabic, Polish, Somali, Swedish
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2 (GAD 2)

The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2 (GAD-2) is an initial screening tool for generalized anxiety disorder.

 Core - Adult & Pediatric Anxiety English, Spanish, Arabic, Polish, Somali, Swedish
Sleep Duration Question

The Sleep Duration question measures the average amount of sleep the participant slept each night, in the past month.

 Core - Adult & Pediatric Sleep English, Spanish, Somali, Swedish, Arabic
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Pain Severity Subscale - 24 hour recall

The Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) pain severity questions assess the severity of the participants pain in the past 24 hours.

 Core - Adult & Pediatric Pain Intensity English, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese
World Health Organization Quality of Life (QOL)

The World Health Organization Quality of Life (QOL) 2 item assesses quality of life and satisfaction of health.

 Core - Adult & Pediatric Quality of Life English, Spanish, Somali, Arabic, Traditional Chinese
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) - Pain Interference subscale

The Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) pain interference subscale assess the impact of pain on daily functions.

 Core - Adult & Pediatric Pain Interference English
Craving Scale

The Craving Scale is a 3-item measure of craving that has been previously validated in cocaine-dependent samples.

 Supplemental Substance Use English

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