Name of questionnaire | West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (WHYMPI) |
Type of questionnaire-description,age | Assesses subjective chronic pain; ages 18 and above |
Number of items | 61 items |
Number of domains & categories | 12 scales in 3 part |
Name of categories/domains | Patient life factors, other's response to patient's pain, and patient's participation in daily activities |
Scaling of items | 0-6 |
Scoring available: with permission or free | Free |
Scoring Test-retest reliability | Yes |
Scoring Internal consistency | Yes |
Validity | Yes, correlated with other questionnaires including STAI and BDI |
Language | English |
Translations in other languages (if yes, then list the languages) | Spanish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Italian |
Developer name | Robert Kerns, PhD |
Developer contact information |
Robert D. Kerns, Ph.D., VA Medical Center |
Availability of questionnaire: needs permission from developer, cost or freely available | Free |
Limitations | |
Link to the questionnaire (if available) | Click Here to View the Questionaire |
Other comments | Patient-rated scale |
References (original publication) | Kerns, R. D., Turk, D. C., et al. (1985). "The West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (WHYMPI)." Pain 23(4): 345-356. |