Kerns Robert D, Turk Dennis C, Rudy Thomas E
West Haven VA Medical Center, West Haven, CT 06516 U.S.A. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511 U.S.A.
Pain. 1985 Dec;23(4):345-356. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(85)90004-1.
The complexity of chronic pain has represented a major dilemma for clinical researchers interested in the reliable and valid assessment of the problem and the evaluation of treatment approaches. The West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (WHYMPI) was developed in order to fill a widely recognized void in the assessment of clinical pain. Assets of the inventory are its brevity and clarity, its foundation in contemporary psychological theory, its multidimensional focus, and its strong psychometric properties. Three parts of the inventory, comprised of 12 scales, examine the impact of pain on the patients' lives, the responses of others to the patients' communications of pain, and the extent to which patients participate in common daily activities. The instrument is recommended for use in conjunction with behavioral and psychophysiological assessment strategies in the evaluation of chronic pain patients in clinical settings. The utility of the WHYMPI in empirical investigations of chronic pain is also discussed.
慢性疼痛的复杂性一直是临床研究人员面临的重大难题，他们致力于对该问题进行可靠且有效的评估以及对治疗方法进行评价。西黑文 - 耶鲁多维疼痛量表（WHYMPI）的开发是为了填补临床疼痛评估中一个广泛认可的空白。该量表的优点包括简洁明了、基于当代心理学理论、具有多维视角以及强大的心理测量特性。量表的三个部分由12个分量表组成，考察疼痛对患者生活的影响、他人对患者疼痛表达的反应以及患者参与日常常见活动的程度。建议在临床环境中评估慢性疼痛患者时，将该工具与行为和心理生理评估策略结合使用。还讨论了WHYMPI在慢性疼痛实证研究中的效用。
