Healthnetsolutions (HNS) - Malingering, Deception, and Chronic Pain Assessment Instruments by Blake Tearnan
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Healthnetsolutions (HNS) provides assessment instruments to healthcare professionals for pain and disability evaluation of patients. The tests are The Life Assessment Questionnaire (LAQ-2) which determines the accuracy and honesty of symptoms and detects malingering and deception, The Behavioral Assessment of Pain Screening Instrument (BAPSI)which is a quick screening tool for measuring global pain disability, The Pain Disability Report Short Form (PDR SF) is a relatively short measure of pain disability measuring such factors as unproductive beliefs, changes in role status, negative mood, activity limitation and sleep. It contains validity scales and a listing of significant responses, and The Pain Disability Report Comprehensive (PDR C) is a comprehensive test for measuring pain related to disability and reaches conclusions about functional status.