PAIN SYMPTOMS INVENTORY INTERPRETIVE PROFILE
                                   (PSI)
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Copyright 1999 by IMHN,  P.O. Box 578, Poway, CA 92074-0578



TEST:
    - Pain Symptoms Inventory Interpretive Profile

ACRONYM:
    - PSI

ITEMS:
    - 44 multiple choice items;

PURPOSE:
    - The Pain Patient Profile (P-3) is a questionnaire developed to
      identify patients who are having psychological problems
      associated with their physical pain and dysfunction. The P-3
      consists of 44 multiple-choice questions, each having three
      response options.  The instrument can be used as a pre-treatment 
      screening device, as a means of tracking and planning treatment, 
      or as means of determining if mental health consultation is
      needed;

POPULATION:
    -

DIMENSIONS ASSESSED:
    - Depression; Anxiety; Somatization; Validity;

FORMS:
    - individual form for manual data entry;
    - group form for high-speed scanning and computerized scoring;

ADMINISTRATION TYPE:
    - self-report;

ADMINISTRATION TIME:
    - approximately 20 minutes;

QUALIFICATIONS:
    - 5th grade reading level;

PROFILE AVAILABILITY:
    - printed format, ASCII text format,

DELIVERY:
    - regular mail, fax, electronic download via secure servers,
      e-mail (patient names are deleted prior to delivery);

TURNAROUND:
    - 12 hours;

 DATA CHARACTERISTICS:
    - baseline for treatment impact, effectiveness, outcome studies,
      analyses of resource utilization, patient population profiling,
      quality assurance;