and severity) and symptom distress are rated for present
symptoms. Eight symptoms are evaluated only in terms
of severity and distress since using a frequency scale is
not meaningful (e.g. weight loss). Three additional lines
allow for patients to list symptoms that are not included.
Symptoms are scored on a four-point Likert scale (1 - 4)
for frequency and severity, and on a five-point Likert
scale (0 - 4) for distress. In this study, the German version of Spichiger et al. [20] will be used. Patients will be
asked if they have one, two, three or no main symptoms.
They will then be asked to rank these by putting the
numbers 1 (main symptom) to 3 (third main symptom)
next to the symptoms.
Patient satisfaction with pain management will be assessed with an 11-point NRS (0 = not satisfied at all to
10 = completely satisfied) at T1. Patient satisfaction with information about pain treatment will be assessed with
an 11-point NRS (0 = not satisfied at all to 10 = completely satisfied) at T2 and T3.