Clinically-Aligned Pain Assessment
(CAPA) Questions & Answers
(C)omfort - ANSWERSIs your pain intolerable, tolerable, comfortably manageable, or
negligible?
Answer(C)hange - ANSWERSIs your pain getting better, worse, or about the same?
Answer(P)ain control - ANSWERSIs your pain control inadequate, effective (just about
right), or doing well enough to reduce you medication?
AnswerFunctioning - ANSWERSCan't do anything because of pain, pain keeps me from
doing most of what I need to do, can do most things but pain gets into the way
sometimes, can do everything I need to do.
AnswerSleep - ANSWERSWere you awake with pain most of the night, awake with pain
occasionally, or slept normally?
Answer
(CAPA) Questions & Answers
(C)omfort - ANSWERSIs your pain intolerable, tolerable, comfortably manageable, or
negligible?
Answer(C)hange - ANSWERSIs your pain getting better, worse, or about the same?
Answer(P)ain control - ANSWERSIs your pain control inadequate, effective (just about
right), or doing well enough to reduce you medication?
AnswerFunctioning - ANSWERSCan't do anything because of pain, pain keeps me from
doing most of what I need to do, can do most things but pain gets into the way
sometimes, can do everything I need to do.
AnswerSleep - ANSWERSWere you awake with pain most of the night, awake with pain
occasionally, or slept normally?
Answer
