Pain and Distress Scale (PAD)

Life & Health Stress

1.    I feel miserable‚ low and down
2.    I feel nervous‚ tense‚ and keyed up
3.    I get tired for no reason
4.    I can work for as long as I usually do
5.    I am as efficient in my work as usual
6.    I have trouble falling asleep
7.    I have trouble sleeping through the night
8.    I wake up earlier than I want to
9.    I feel rested when I get out of bed
10.I am restless and can’t keep still
11.I find it hard to do the things I usually do
12.I find it hard to think and remember things
13.My mind is foggy and I can’t concentrate
14.I am as alert as I could be
15.I still enjoy the things I used to
16.I enjoy listening to the radio or watching TV
17.I enjoy visiting friends and relatives
18.I have aches and pains that bother me
19.I am more irritable than usual
20.Everything I do is an effort
 
None or a little of the time‚ Some of the time‚ Good part of the time‚ Most or all of the time
 
 

Zung‚ W.W.K. (1983). A self-rating Pain and Distress Scale. Psychosomatics‚ 24(10):887–890‚ 892-894.

McDowell‚ Ian. (2006). Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires‚ Third Edition. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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mohammad looti (2026). Pain and Distress Scale (PAD). PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/pain-and-distress-scale-pad/

mohammad looti. "Pain and Distress Scale (PAD)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 24 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/pain-and-distress-scale-pad/.

mohammad looti. "Pain and Distress Scale (PAD)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/pain-and-distress-scale-pad/.

mohammad looti (2026) 'Pain and Distress Scale (PAD)', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/pain-and-distress-scale-pad/.

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Related terms:

  1. Pad-test (24-uurs) / verbandtest
  2. Multidimensional Pain Inventory – Dutch Language Version / West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory
  3. Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6)
  4. Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)
  5. Disability and Distress Scale
  6. Female Sexual Distress Scale—Revised
  7. Brief Family Distress Scale
  8. The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)
  9. Social Avoidance and Distress Scale (SADS)
  10. the Sierra Leone Perinatal Psychological Distress Scale (SLPPDS)
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