The Pain Disability Index (PDI)

Clinical intent

The Pain Disability Index (PDI) a simple and rapid instrument for measuring the impact that pain has on the ability of a person to participate in essential life activities. This can be used to evaluate patients initially to monitor them over time and to judge the effectiveness of interventions. The index was developed at St. Louis University Medical Center.

References

[1] Chibnall JT Tait RC. The Pain Disability Index: Factor Structure and Normative Data. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1994; 75: 1082-1086.

[2] Pollard CA. Preliminary validity study of the pain disability index. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 1984; 59: 974.

[3] Tait RC Chibnall JT Krause S. The pain disability index: psychometric properties. Pain. 1990; 40: 171-182.

[4] https://cme.dmu.edu/sites/default/files/The%20Pain%20Disability%20Index%20%28PDI%29.pdf

[5] https://meetinstrumentenzorg.nl/wp-content/uploads/instrumenten/PDI-meetinstr.pdf