Preliminary Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Chronic Pain Coping Inventory (ChCPCI) in a Hong Kong Chinese Population

Wing S. Wong, Mark P. Jensen, Kan H. Mak, Barry K.H. Tam, Richard Fielding
2010 Journal of Pain  
Citation Journal Of Pain, 2010, v. 11 n. 7, p. 672-680 Issued Date 2010 URL http://hdl.handle.net/10722/125611 Rights Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License The validityPreliminary psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Chronic Pain Coping Inventory (ChCPCI) in a Hong Kong Chinese population. 2 Abstract The Chronic Pain Coping Inventory (CPCI) is one of the mosta frequently employed measures for that assessesing 8 eight types of coping strategies patients might use
more » ... copewhen faced with chronic pain. Despite its good psychometric properties and widespread use, the instrument has not been tested for its applicability and reproducibility in non-Western populations, such as among Chinese. This study examined the Chinese translation of the 42-item CPCI (ChCPCI-42) in a Chinese chronic pain sample (n = 208). In addition to ChCPCI-42, the patients were assessed on the Chronic Pain Grade (CPG), the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), the Centre for Epidemiological Studies ---depression Scale (CES-D), and socio-demographic characteristics. Results of confirmatory factor analyses confirmed revealed the factorial validity ofthat, of the ChCPCI-42's , with 8 subscales, 5 5 subscales demonstrateding acceptable-to-good data-model fit (CFI ≥ 0.90) and 3 3 subscales demonstrateding medium fit (CFI: ≥ 0.848). The 8 subscales demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach's αs: 0.686 -0.789) and correlated with CES-D, PCS, pain intensity, and disability in the expected directions. Results of hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed the ChCPCI-42 subscales predicted concurrent depression (F(8,177) = 3.07, p < 0.01) and pain disability (F(1, 179) = 4.35, p < 0.001) scores, with the Task Persistence subscale being the strongest predictor among of the 8 subscales. These findings offered support for the factorial validity and reliability of CPCI to be used among Chinese chronic pain patients. (word count: 222)
doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2009.10.008 pmid:20015705 fatcat:qbxt4vtmzvbxbd7gc6mj4bqbgq