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Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)

 
Developed in 1995
 

Author(s)

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Generic

  • Disease:

All

  • Objective:

To assess the state of mind of patients in pain through a comprehensive evaluation instrument that encompasses the different perspectives on catastrophizing.

  • Population for intended use:

Adolescent

Adult

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Psychological functioning (incl. coping)

  • Administration mode:

Self-administered

  • Number of items:

13

  • Recall/Observation period:

When experiencing pain

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for Canada

  • 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.

PCS

Afrikaans* Dutch for the Netherlands Icelandic Spanish for Spain
Bulgarian* English for South Africa* Korean Swedish for Sweden
Catalan French for Canada Portuguese for Portugal Ukrainian*
Chinese for Hong Kong French for France Russian for Ukraine*
Czech* German for Germany Serbian*

* Performed by the MAPI Institute

 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Sullivan MJL, Bishop SR and Pivik J. The Pain Catastrophizing Scale: development and validation. Psychological assessment. 1995;7(4):524-532 (abstract)

Last update: April 2012

Last update in collaboration with the author: April 2011