SOPA™

Survey of Pain Attitudes™

Purpose: Assesses patients' attitudes and beliefs about pain

Format: Paper and pencil, Online administration

Age range: 21 years to 80 years

Time: 10-15 minutes

DETAILS:

The SOPA helps you understand the pain-related beliefs of your chronic pain patients.

Both adaptive and maladaptive beliefs are assessed

• Adaptive Beliefs scales consist of Control and Emotion; Maladaptive Beliefs scales consist of Disability, Harm, Medication, Solicitude, and Medical Cure.

• Patients are asked to indicate their level of agreement with 57 statements using a 5-point Likert scale.

• Can be used in a variety of testing situations, including pretreatment screening to determine treatment necessity, pretreatment and posttreatment to determine treatment effectiveness, and periodic reevaluations to document treatment progress.