Cardiff Breast Pain Chart and Nominal Days with Severe Pain (NDSP) Score

Carduff breast pain chart is a calendar for recording factors of breast pain:

(1) days with period

(2) days with mild to moderate breast pain

(3) days with severe breast pain

(4) days with no pain

nominal days with severe breast pain = NDSP =

= ((0.5 * (days with mild to moderate pain)) + (days with severe pain)) / (total number of days in cylce) * 28

total number of days in cycle =

= (days with mild to moderate pain) + (days with severe pain) + (days with no pain)

where:

• Multiplying by 28 adjusts raw value to a standard 28 day cycle.