The Pain Activity Diary is designed to help individuals track their daily activities and pain levels in hourly intervals.
Offers theory, guidance, and prompts for mental health professionals. Downloads are in Fillable PDF format where appropriate.
Includes client-friendly guidance. Downloads are in Fillable PDF format where appropriate.
An editable Microsoft PowerPoint version of the resource.
Activity diaries are a crucial information-gathering tool. They can be used for activity monitoring during an assessment phase of therapy, symptom monitoring during therapy, correlating activity with symptoms, or activity scheduling as part of behavioral activation. This Pain Activity Diary includes spaces to record activity for 1 hour time slots throughout the day as well as space to record levels of pain.
The Pain Activity Diary is versatile and supports multiple therapy objectives.
Clients experiencing persistent or recurrent physical discomfort that impacts their mood or daily functioning.
Explain the benefits and rationale for activity monitoring or scheduling.
Discuss and agree what will be recorded in the diary.
Rehearse completing the diary in-session.
Review the client's completed diary.
Modify self-monitoring based on progress, shifting focus as needed.
Activity diaries are a crucial information-gathering tool. They can be used for activity monitoring during an assessment phase of therapy, symptom monitoring during therapy, correlating activity with symptoms, or activity scheduling as part of behavioural activation. This Pain Activity Diary includes spaces to record activity for 1 hour time slots throughout the day as well as space to record levels of pain.
For activity monitoring clients should be instructed to record their activity in the 1 hour time slots throughout the day, and to record their associated level of pain for each time period.
For activity scheduling clients should be instructed to plan and schedule desired activities in advance, and to record whether the scheduled activities were completed, and to record their associated level of pain.
