Smoker Complaint Scale (SCS)

[ Revised in 1984
A variation of the SCS scale is called the GRID ]

Author(s) Schneider Nina G, PhD	Purpose   Pathology: Disorders of environmental origin Psychiatry/psychology   Disease: Substance-related disorders [ Nicotine ]   Objective: To measure changes in physiological/emotional/craving states as a function of smoking cessation   Population for intended use: Adult Adolescent	Characteristics   Type of instrument: Signs and symptoms   Administration mode: Self-administered   Number of items: 20   Existence of database: No   Recall/Observation period: Today/right now/last night (the scale was used for weekly visits and sometimes worded more generally as "since last visit")
Language(s)   Original language: English for the USA   List of existing translations: The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study. This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Danish* English for Australia* Italian* Norwegian* Dutch* German*     * translations performed by the Mapi Institute
Last update: November 2008 Last update in collaboration with the author: April 2008

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