ArticleSchmerz (Berlin, Germany)2009
[Pain-related disability in adolescents suffering from chronic pain. Preliminary examination of the Pediatric Pain Disability Index (P-PDI)].
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- [Diagnostics and therapy in children and adolescents with chronic pain : Trends in interventions potentially dangerous to health].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2021Article
- Adolescents' Explanatory Models for Headaches and Associations with Behavioral and Emotional Outcomes.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Short-Term and Long-Term Effectiveness of Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Headache: A Longitudinal Observation Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Readiness to Change Among Adolescents with Chronic Pain and Their Parents: Is the German Version of the Pain Stages of Change Questionnaire a Useful Tool?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- [The association between intelligence and pain in children and adolescents with severely impairing chronic pain : A retrospective analysis].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2019Article
- Quality of life among parents seeking treatment for their child's functional abdominal pain.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Article
- [Therapy outcome one year after pediatric outpatient chronic pain evaluation : Chronic Pain Grading (CPG) for adolescent pain patients].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2017Article
- [Definition, diagnostics and therapy of chronic widespread pain and the (so-called) fibromyalgia syndrome in children and adolescents : Updated guidelines 2017].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundPain-related disability affects many children and adolescents suffering from chronic pain and may exert an impact on all areas of their lives. Reduction of pain-related disability is, therefore, a fundamental aim of treatment; however, no validated means exist to assess pain-related disability in children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to translate the Pediatric Pain Disability Index (P-PDI) of Varni into German and to investigate its psychometric qualities.
methodsPrincipal component and item analyses were conducted on outpatient (n=163) and inpatient samples (n=167) of adolescents suffering from chronic pain. Changes in pain-related disability 3 months after starting treatment were analysed in an outpatient sample of 110 adolescents. Correlations between pain-related disability, emotional variables and school absence as well as concordance with parents' ratings were investigated.
resultsThe P-PDI is a one-dimensional assessment tool with sufficient reliability. There were significant correlations between pain-related disability and pain intensity and school absence but not with pain duration, fear and depression. Parents and adolescents ratings correlated significantly, but 57% of parents underestimated the pain-related disability of their children.
conclusionThere is now a validated German version of the P-PDI to measure pain-related disability in adolescents suffering from chronic pain, which can be used in studies investigating treatment effectiveness.
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