TY - JOUR
T1 - A new scale for assessing patients’ psychosocial adjustment to medical illness
AU - Morrow, Gary R.
AU - Chiarello, Robert J.
AU - Derogatis, Leonard R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported, in part, by the United Cancer Council, Inc. of Monroe County, New York, an Education Grant through the University of Rochester Summer Cancer Fellowship Program to R. J. C, and Cancer Center Care Support Grant Number 5-P3O-CA 11198-09, awarded by the National Cancer Institute, DHEW. The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Art Schmale, Mark Goldshein, Ardis Davis, Chris Morrell, Judy Black and Jon Gootnick, who served as raters, Mike Feldstein of the Biostatistics Section of the University of Rochester Cancer Center, who provided technical assistance, and Gail Drew, who typed the manuscript.
PY - 1978
Y1 - 1978
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1017/S003329170001881X
DO - 10.1017/S003329170001881X
M3 - Article
C2 - 724873
AN - SCOPUS:0018141090
SN - 0033-2917
VL - 8
SP - 605
EP - 610
JO - Psychological medicine
JF - Psychological medicine
IS - 4
ER -