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
