CPCI™

Chronic Pain Coping Inventory™

Purpose: Assesses patients' pain coping strategies

Format: Paper and pencil, Online administration, E-Manual

Age range: 20 years to 80 years

Time: 10–15 minutes

DETAILS:

Designed to assess the use of coping strategies that are typically targeted for change in multidisciplinary pain treatment programs, the CPCI can be used as a treatment outcome measure, as a screening measure, and to document the necessity of treatment.

Assesses the use of coping strategies that contribute to patients’ pain adjustments

• Requires the individual to indicate the number of days during the past week he or she used each of 70 coping strategies to deal with pain.

• Illness-Focused Coping scales consist of Guarding, Resting, and Asking for Assistance; Wellness-Focused Coping scales consist of Exercise/Stretch, Relaxation, Task Persistence, Coping Self-Statements, Pacing, and Seeking Social Support.

• Can be used pretreatment and posttreatment to determine treatment effectiveness, as a pretreatment screener to determine treatment necessity, and during periodic reevaluations to document treatment progress.