International psychogeriatrics
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Multicenter Study
The Pain Catastrophizing Scale-short form: psychometric properties and threshold for identifying high-risk individuals.
The Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) measures three aspects of catastrophic cognitions about pain-rumination, magnification, and helplessness. To facilitate assessment and clinical application, we aimed to (a) develop a short version on the basis of its factorial structure and the items' correlations with key pain-related outcomes, and (b) identify the threshold on the short form indicative of risk for depression. ⋯ The short-PCS may be used in lieu of the full scale and as a brief screen to identify individuals with serious catastrophizing.