Self-rated measure of pain frequency, intensity, and burden: Psychometric properties of a new instrument for the assessment of pain

• Published in: Journal of psychiatric research 2014-12, Vol.59, p.155-160
• Main Authors: dela Cruz, Adriane M, Bernstein, Ira H, Greer, Tracy L, Walker, Robrina, Rethorst, Chad D, Grannemann, Bruce, Carmody, Thomas, Trivedi, Madhukar H
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Assessment; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pain; Pain - diagnosis; Pain - psychology; Pain Measurement; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Rating scale; Reproducibility of Results; Self Report; Severity of Illness Index; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult
• ISSN: 0022-3956; 1879-1379
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.08.003

Abstract Background A brief, self-administered measurement of pain frequency, intensity, and burden is desirable in both research and clinical settings. We describe the development and initial psychometric properties of a new instrument, the P ain F requency, I ntensity, and B urden S cale (P-FIBS). Methods The P-FIBS was administered to all participants ( N  = 302) with psychostimulant use disorders in the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network's STRIDE ( St imulant R eduction I ntervention using D ose E xercise) multisite trial. Results The four items on the P-FIBS demonstrate high item–total correlations (range 0.70–0.85) with a high Cronbach's alpha (0.90). The P-FIBS demonstrated a strong negative correlation with the bodily pain sub-score of the Short Form Health Survey ( r  = −0.76, p