Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-jr42d Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-20T14:03:30.141Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

A new scale for assessing patients' psychosocial adjustment to medical illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Gary R. Morrow ,
Robert J. Chiarello  and
Leonard R. Derogatis
Gary R. Morrow*
Affiliation:
University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Robert J. Chiarello
Affiliation:
University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Leonard R. Derogatis
Affiliation:
University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Gary R. Morrow, Medical Psychiatric Liaison Group, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Synopsis

The Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS) was administered to 37 Hodgkin's disease patients and 38 parents of children with Hodgkin's disease or solid tumour, and the scores were analysed for inter-rater reliability as well as construct and criterion validity. A significant inter-rater reliability coefficient was obtained for the total scale score, and also for 6 of the 7 subscale scores. The 7 subscale scores were shown to be relatively independent of each other, with 5 contributing strongly to the total score. Subscales analysed for criterion validity were shown to correlate significantly with independent assessments of their domains of adjustment. Results indicate that the PAIS can be administered by a diverse group of interviewers with an acceptable degree of reliability and with initial confidence in its validity.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , November 1978 , pp. 605 - 610
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Balinsky, W. & Berger, R. (1975). A review of the research on general health status indexes. Medical Care 13, 283–293.Google Scholar
Beck, A. T., Ward, C. H., Mendelson, M., Mack, J. & Erbaugh, J. (1961). An inventory for measuring depression. Archives of General Psychiatry 4, 561–571.Google Scholar
Berg, R. L. (ed.) (1976). Health status indexes. Health Services Research Winter.Google Scholar
Bergner, M., Bobbitt, R. A., Pollard, W. E., Martin, D. P. & Gilson, B. S. (1976). The sickness impact profile: validation of a health status measure. Medical Care 14, 57–67.Google Scholar
Campbell, A., Converse, P. & Rodgers, W. (1976). The Quality of American Life. Russel Sage Foundation: New York.Google Scholar
Craig, T. J., Comstock, G. W. & Geiser, P. B. (1974). The quality of survival in breast cancer: a case-control comparison. Cancer 33, 1451–1457.3.0.CO;2-G>CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Cronbach, L. J. (1971). Test validation. In Educational Measurement, 2nd edn (ed. Thorndike, R. L.), pp. 443–507. American Council on Education: Washington.Google Scholar
Derogatis, L. R. (1976). Scoring and procedures manual for PAIS. Clinical Psychometric Research: Baltimore.Google Scholar
Derogatis, L. R. (1977 a). The SCL-90 Manual. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, Maryland.Google Scholar
Derogatis, L. R. (1977 b). PAIS S.R. Self Report. Baltimore, Maryland.Google Scholar
Lumsden, J. (1976). Test theory. In Annual Review of Psychology (ed. Rosenzweig, M. R. and Porter, L. W.), pp. 251–280. Annual Reviews Inc: Palo Alto.Google Scholar
Reznikoff, M. & Toomey, L. (1959). Evaluation of Changes Associated with Psychiatric Treatment. Charles C. Thomas: Springfield, Ill.Google Scholar
Schottenfeld, D. & Robbins, G. (1970). Quality of survival among patients who have had radical mastectomy. Cancer 26, 650–654.3.0.CO;2-6>CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Spielberger, C. D. & Gorsuch, R. L. (eds.) (1966). The development of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. In Mediating Processes in Verbal Conditioning. Final Report to National Institute of Mental Health. Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C.Google Scholar
Ware, J. E. (1976). Scales for measuring general health perceptions. Health Services Research 11, 396–415.Google Scholar
Weissman, M. W. (1975). The assessment of social adjustment: a review of techniques. Archives of General Psychiatry 32, 357–365.Google Scholar