Abstract
The Geriatric Multidimensional Pain and Illness Inventory (GMPI) was developed in order to assess the perceptual, functional, and emotional concomitants of pain and illness in long-term care. The GMPI was administered to 401 adults aged 60 and older residing in one of 16 long-term care facilities. The GMPI items were analyzed for reliability, content validity, and convergent and discriminant validity. Factor analysis of the GMPI items revealed three subscales, level of pain severity, level of functional limitations associated with pain, and level of emotional distress associated with pain. The GMPI items were significantly correlated with items from the Geriatric Depression scale, the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Exam, and the Activities of Daily Living. The GMPI is evidenced to be a reliable and valid assessment tool for assessing pain of residents in long term care facilities. Its brevity and clearly defined assessment criteria are assets to the administering clinician. Research on the utility of the GMPI as a treatment outcome instrument in long-term care is warranted. The potential for social workers and registered nurses to administer the GMPI in long-term care settings is discussed.
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