Spine · 1976 · 309 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyClinical PsychologyHealth PsychologyPersonality PsychologyPain AssessmentPain CharacterizationPain MeasurementPain PsychologyPsychological TestingPsychosocial Factors In PainChronic Low Back PainPain Psychology Assessment
A study was undertaken to evaluate the possibility of using the pain drawing of a patient with low-back pain as a screening test to determine whether further psychologic evaluation was necessary. Using the analysis described, the pain drawing predicted a high or low hypochondriasis or hysteria scale on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory in 97 of 109 patients studied (89%).