Pain assessment index: Evaluationfollowing multidisciplinary pain treatment

Thomas P. Guck; Philip W. Meilman; F. Miles Skultety

doi:10.1016/S0885-3924(87)80042-8

Pain assessment index: Evaluationfollowing multidisciplinary pain treatment

Thomas P. Guck, Philip W. Meilman, F. Miles Skultety

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The Pain Assessment Index is a weighted composite of MMPI scales which has been shown tobe useful in predicting surgical outcome for chronic pain patients. In this study, 48 patients treated at a nonsurgical multidisciplinary pain clinic were categorized into predicted success (N=23) or predicted failure (N=25) groups based on their PAI scores. The groups did not differ on any of the pretreatment variables, and they differed on only one follow-up outcome measure. More patients in the predicted failure group reported using narcotics than did their predicted success group counterparts. Implications of these results and recommendations for future research are discussed. J Pain Sympt Manag 1987;2:23–27.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	23-27
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0885-3924(87)80042-8
State	Published - 1987
Externally published	Yes

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Clinical Neurology
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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