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PDI
Pain Disability Index - deutsche Fassung
Short abstract
The PDI can be used for patients with chronic pain problems to determine the subjective degree of impairment caused by pain problems in everyday life. It is based on a multidimensional concept of pain-related disability and draws on a distinction made by the WHO (1980) between the consequences of illness and injury, which differentiates between damage, disability and disadvantage. Seven areas of life are covered: (1) Family and domestic responsibilities, (2) Recreation, (3) Social activities, (4) Work, (5) Sex life, (6) Self-sufficiency and (7) Essential activities. Reliability: Cronbach's alpha was at alpha = .83-.90. Validity: The one-dimensionality of the PDI was confirmed. The construct validity is demonstrated by moderate to high correlations with the following indicators of disability experienced: (1) Down-Time: r = .40; (2) self-developed functional assessment scale for recording concrete behavioural impairments: r = .78; (3) Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire: r = .76. Correlations were found with pain intensity (r = .23-.62), the Beck depression inventory (r = .26-.52) and with the depression scale CES-D (r = .55). The criterion-related validity is also supported by findings in inpatients with pain who have been assigned three chronification stages based on the Mainz concept of chronic pain. standards: Percentile score is available.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: PDI. Pain Disability Index - deutsche Fassung. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9003694
Citation
Dillmann, U., Nilges, P., Saile, H. & Gerbershagen, H. U. (2011). PDI. Pain Disability Index - deutsche Fassung [Verfahrensdokumentation und Fragebogen]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4505
Short information
Short Name PDI
English Name Pain Disability Index - German version
Authors Dillmann, U., Nilges, P., Saile, H., Gerbershagen, H.U.
Published in Test archive 2011
Copyright/Licence Copyright Authors; CC-BY-SA 4.0
Key words Pain Measurement, Patients, Chronic Pain, Pain Management, Pain Perception, Disability Evaluation
Language versions deu
Construct Chronic Pain
Application age Adults
Item number 7 items
Subscales (1) Family and domestic responsibilities, (2) Recreation, (3) Social activities, (4) Work, (5) Sex life, (6) Self-care, (7) Vital activities
Application Time A few minutes.
Interpretation time A few minutes.
Internal consistency: Cronbach's Alpha = .83-.90.
Findings on one-dimensionality, criterion-related and construct validity.
N = 309; Percentile score
Applications Clinical diagnostics, Research
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Dillmann, U., Nilges, P., Saile, H. & Gerbershagen, H. U. (1994). Behinderungseinschätzung bei chronischen Schmerzpatienten. Der Schmerz, 8 (2), 100-110. PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 0088477
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Contact information
Dr. Paul Nilges, Dipl.-Psych.
Dr. Helmut Saile, Dipl.-Psych., Universität Trier, Fachbereich I - Psychologie, Abteilung Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Universitätsring 15, D-54296 Trier
Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Gerbershagen, Emeritus, Ehemaliger Direkter des DRK Schmerz-Zentrum Mainz, Auf der Steig 16, D-55131 Mainz