The Pain Patient Profile (P-3®) assessment focuses on the factors most frequently associated with chronic pain. The test can help provide an objective link between the physician’s observations and the possible need for further psychological assessment.
The Pain Patient Profile (P-3®) assessment focuses on the factors most frequently associated with chronic pain. The test can help provide an objective link between the physician’s observations and the possible need for further psychological assessment.
C. David Tollison, PhD, Jerry C. Langley, DC
Overview:The Pain Patient Profile (P-3) assessment focuses on the factors most frequently associated with chronic pain. The test can help provide an objective link between the physician's observations and the possible need for further psychological assessment
Age Range:Individuals 17-76 years old
Administration:Paper-and-pencil, computer or online administration
Scoring Option:Q-global™ Web-based Administration, Scoring, and Reporting; Q Local™ Scoring and Reporting Desktop Software; Mail-in Scoring Service; Fax-in Scoring Service; Manual Scoring, PAD
Reading Level:8th Grade
Norms:Pain Patients and Community Samples
Telepractice:Tips on using this test in your telepractice
Report Options:Interpretive Report or Progress Report
Publication Date:1994
Quickly evaluate for depression, somatization, and anxiety in pain patients.
The Pain Patient Profile (P-3) assessment focuses on the factors most frequently associated with chronic pain. The test can help provide an objective link between the physician’s observations and the possible need for further psychological assessment.
A variety of medical professionals, including anesthesiologists, general practitioners, rehabilitation specialists, chiropractors, surgeons, neurologists, and nurses can use the P-3 test to help:
DEP—Depression
ANX—Anxiety
SOM—Somatization
VAL—Validity Index
A total of 497 subjects participated in cross-validating the P-3 assessment. Approximately half of the subjects were pain patients (N=243) and half were community subjects (N=254).
Report Options
Interpretive Report
The report offers the health professional detailed analysisof the individual’s responses and includes graphic profiles of how the results compare to the norm group. Raw scores for each of the three scales (Depression, Anxiety, and Somatization) are transformed into T scores based on a pain patient normative sample. These T scores are used to plot the individual’s results. The report is divided into:
View a sample Interpretive Report.
View a sample annotated Interpretive Report.
Progress Report
The report enables the clinician to monitor a client’s progress over time.
View a sample Progress Report.
Q-global™ Web-based Administration, Scoring, and Reporting – Enables you to quickly assess and efficiently organize examinee information, generate scores, and produce accurate comprehensive reports all via the Web.
Q Local™ Scoring and Reporting Desktop Software – Enables you to score assessments, report results, and store and export data on your computer.
Mail-in Scoring – Specially designed answer sheets are mailed to Pearson for processing within 24–48 hours of receipt; results returned via regular mail.
Hand Scoring – Administer assessments on answer sheets and score them quickly yourself with an answer key.
Fax-in Service – Specially designed answer sheets are faxed to us for processing within 1-2 hours of receipt and returned via fax.
PAD (Patient Assessment Device) Hand-held Electronic Device – Administer the test on a portable, hand-held device. The PAD is placed on a docking station connected to a printer and a results report is printed immediately.
– Allows you to score the assessments at your site.
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