Children's Pain Perspectives Inventory (CPPI): developmental assessment

This study explored the reliability and validity of the Children's Pain Perspectives Inventory (CPPI), an instrument designed to assess the developmental progression of children's pain perspectives. The convenience sample included 88 children between 5 and 13 years of age. Results from this descriptive correlational study indicated that children's pain perspectives could be developmentally ordered, coded and scored reliably, and with validity. An interrater reliability of 0.94 and an internal consistency reliability of 0.86 was obtained on the final group of 48 children. The criterion validity of the CPPI was supported by significant positive correlations between scores on the CPPI and the Cartoon Conservation Scale (CCS), a measure of cognitive development (r = 0.67, P = 0.001). Additional testing and refinement of the CPPI is recommended.