Somatic Symptom Scale 8*
Symptom | Not at all | A little bit | Somewhat | Quite a bit | Very much |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Back pain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Chest pain or shortness of breath | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Dizziness | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Feeling tired or having low energy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Headaches | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Pain in your arms, legs, or joints | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Stomach or bowel problems | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Trouble sleeping | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
* Scoring: Patient was not or only minimally bothered (0 to 3). Increasing scores indicate incrementally greater levels of discomfort: low (4 to 7); medium (8 to 11); high (12 to 15); very high (16 to 23). | |||||
Adapted with permission from Gierk B, Kohlmann S, Kroenke K, et al. The Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8): A brief measure of somatic symptom burden. JAMA Intern Med 174(2):400, 2014. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12179 | |||||
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