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Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale

The Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS) is a 20-item self-report instrument developed by Asmundson and colleagues in 1996 to measure anxiety symptoms specifically related to pain. The PASS captures fear of pain, avoidance behaviors, cognitive anxiety, and physiological anxiety responses that commonly accompany chronic pain and contribute to disability through fear-avoidance mechanisms.

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Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / pain-medicine
  • McWilliams, L.A., Asmundson, G.J., & Gauthier, N. (2006). Pain anxiety symptoms scale: Brief 20-item version (PASS-20). Journal of Pain, 7(7), 479-485. · URL
  • Asmundson, G.J., Norton, P.J., & Norton, G.R. (1999). Beyond pain: The role of fear and avoidance in chronicity. Clinical Psychology Review, 19(1), 97-119. · DOI 10.1016/S0272-7358(98)00034-8
  • McCracken, L.M., & Dhingra, L. (2002). A short version of the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS-20): Preliminary development and validity. Pain Research & Management, 7(1), 45-50. · DOI 10.1155/2002/517163
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