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 Copyright CDE Files
Report of the Task Force (RTF) Minimum Dataset

The Report of the Task Force (RTF) Minimum Data is a set minimum dataset for individuals participating in all research studies on Chronic Low back Pain. The minimum dataset includes items of demographics, medical history, and self-report of symptoms and function.

Supplemental Pain Quality English
International Personality Item Pool (IPIP NEO)

The International Personality Item Pool (IPIP NEO) is a 120-item, self-reported questionnaire that assesses one's personality according to the Big Five model. The Big Five personality traits assessed are Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism and Extraversion.

Supplemental Personality English
PROMIS Pain Interference Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT)

The PROMIS Pain Interference Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT) consists of 40 items that measur the self-reported consequences of pain on relevant aspects of a person's life and includes the extent to which pain hinders engagement with social, cognitive, emotional, physical, and recreational activities.

Supplemental Pain Interference English, Spanish
PROMIS Pain Interference Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT)

The PROMIS Pain Interference Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT) consists of 40 items that measur the self-reported consequences of pain on relevant aspects of a person's life and includes the extent to which pain hinders engagement with social, cognitive, emotional, physical, and recreational activities.

Supplemental Pain Interference English, Spanish
Experiences Questionnaire

The Experiences Questionnaire is a 20 item self-report measure targeting specifically decentering, a multifaceted construct involving the ability of viewing the self as separate and different from its own thoughts, the capacity of non-reacting to negative experiences, as well as the ability to be self-compassionate.

Supplemental Treatment Expectations English
Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI)

The Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) is a self-report measure to identify participants who have symptoms that may be related to central sensitization (CS) or central sensitivity syndromes (CSS) such as fibromyalgia, neck injury, temporomandibular joint disorder or migraine/tension headaches.

Supplemental QST English
Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) measures the state and trait components of anxiety.

Supplemental Anxiety English, Spanish
Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) measures the state and trait components of anxiety.

Supplemental Anxiety English, Spanish
Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS)

The Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS) evaluates pain anxiety, which leads to avoidance of daily activities and normal movements.

Supplemental Anxiety English
PROMIS Emotional Distress Anxiety Item Bank

The PROMIS Emotional Distress Anxiety Item Bank 29-item bank, focusing on fear, worry, dread, hyperarousal and somatic symptoms.

Supplemental Anxiety English, Spanish
PROMIS Emotional Distress Anxiety Item Bank

The PROMIS Emotional Distress Anxiety Item Bank 29-item bank, focusing on fear, worry, dread, hyperarousal and somatic symptoms.

Supplemental Anxiety English, Spanish
Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions Screener (COPCS)

The Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions Screener (COPCS) assesses for the presence of one or more of the chronic overlapping pain conditions.

Supplemental Chronic Overlapping English
6 Minute Walk Test

The 6 Minute Walk Test is a sub-maximal exercise test used to assess aerobic capacity and endurance.

Supplemental Biomechanics English
PROMIS Cognitive Function Abilities 6a

The PROMIS Cognitive Function Abilities 6a measures patient-perceived cognitive abilities over the past 7 days.

Supplemental Cognitive Function English
Multidimensional Inventory of Subjective Cognitive Impairment (MISCI)

The Multidimensional Inventory of Subjective Cognitive Impairment (MISCI) measure of cognitive dysfunction in subjects who suffer from fibromyalgia.

Supplemental Cognitive Function English, Spanish
Multidimensional Inventory of Subjective Cognitive Impairment (MISCI)

The Multidimensional Inventory of Subjective Cognitive Impairment (MISCI) measure of cognitive dysfunction in subjects who suffer from fibromyalgia.

Supplemental Cognitive Function English, Spanish
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire 20 (EORTC QLQ-CIPN20)

The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire 20 (EORTC QLQ-CIPN20) measures taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy (TIPN) symptoms.

Supplemental Cancer English
Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale 24 (BASIS-24)

The Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale 24 (BASIS-24) assesses treatment outcomes by measuring symptoms and functional difficulties experienced by individuals seeking mental health services.

Supplemental Behavioral health English
Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (Brief-COPE)

The Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (Brief-COPE) is a 28 item self-report questionnaires measures effective and ineffective ways to cope with a stressful life event.

Supplemental Coping with pain English
Trial Making Test (TMT)

The Trail Making Test (TMT) is a neuropsychological assessment to indicate speed of cognitive processing and executive functioning.

Supplemental Cognitive Function English
Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC)

The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) evaluates the condition of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and hip, including pain, stiffness, and physical functioning of the joints.

Supplemental Arthritis English, Spanish
Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC)

The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) evaluates the condition of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and hip, including pain, stiffness, and physical functioning of the joints.

Supplemental Arthritis English, Spanish
Post Hospitalization Behavior Questionnaire (PHBQ)

The Post Hospitalization Behavior Questionnaire (PHBQ) assesses children's post-hospitalization and postoperative new-onset behavioral changes.

Coping with pain English, Spanish
Post Hospitalization Behavior Questionnaire (PHBQ)

The Post Hospitalization Behavior Questionnaire (PHBQ) assesses children's post-hospitalization and postoperative new-onset behavioral changes.

Coping with pain English, Spanish
DSM-5 Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure (DSM-XC)

The DSM-5 Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure (DSM-XC) is a self or informant rated measure that assesses mental health domains across psychiatric diagnoses.

Supplemental Behavioral health English

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