Table 2

Daily survey self-report rating scales

Construct	Item (measure)	Scale	Anchors
Mental defeat	Since waking up today, how much has the pain brought back to life memories of times when you felt the pain had taken over?	0–10	0=not at all to 10=very much so
Pain intensity	What is your current pain level?	0–10	0=no pain to 10=worst pain imaginable
Pain interference	Since waking up today, how much has your pain impacted on… Your daily routine (including work)? Your relationship(s)? How you think or feel about the future? How you think or feel about yourself?	0–10	0=not much impact/interference to 10=a great deal of impact/interference
Medication use	Since waking up today, would you say that you have taken more or less medication than usual?	−5-5	−5=a lot less than usual, 0=no difference, 5=a lot more than usual
Physical activity	Since waking up today, how physically active have you been?	0–10	0=not physically active at all to 10=very physically active
Social activity	Since waking up today, how socially engaged have you been?	0–10	0=not socially engaged at all to 10=very socially engaged
Stress	What is your current stress level?	0–10	0=no stress at all to 10=highest level of stress possible
Mood	What is your current mood?	0–10	0=very bad to 10=very good
Attention to pain	Since waking up today, how much of the time have you been thinking about your pain?	0–10	0=none of the time to 10=a great deal of the time
Focus of attention	Since waking up today, has the focus of your attention been… Inward or outward On the body or mind	0–10	0=inward to 10 outward 0=body to 10=mind
Self-compassion	Since waking up today, how kind… To yourself have you been? To others have you been?	0–10	0=not at all to 10=very much so

Note. VAS questions with corresponding anchors that are presented in survey 1 are summarised above. These questions appear identically in surveys 2 and 3, except instead of starting questions with ‘since waking up today…’ in surveys 2 and 3 each question begins ‘in the last 2.5 hours…’