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Table 3 Reliability of the subscales based on the components extracted by the authors of the scale

From: Pain measurement in the older people: evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Geriatric Pain Measure (GPM-24) – Polish version

Subscale

Cronbach’s alpha (standardized)

Item-scale correlation

disengagement because of pain

0.76 (0.77)

0.49 (0.38–0.60)

pain intensity

0.57 (0.61)

0.34 (0.09–0.54)

pain with ambulation

0.83 (0.83)

0.66 (0.56–0.74)

pain with strenuous activities

0.77 (0.80)

0.64 (0.56–0.70)

pain with other activities

0.62 (0.61)

0.38 (0.18–0.56)

  1. Regarding the correlations between the GPM-24 and the MPQ scale, there were a number of positive correlations, starting from the highest: PPI, PRI (T), number of words chosen (NWC), affective, sensory, miscellaneous affective/evaluation (M(AE) 20), pain rating index r- (PRI r). Positive correlations were also obtained for the GPM-24 and age as well as GDS, whereas the negative correlations concerned the GPM-24 and AMTS, ADL by Katz, and the Lawton scale (Table 4). The GPM-24 score was higher in women than in men (Me = 44.1. Q1 = 33.3, Q3 = 50.0 vs. Me = 40.5. Q1 = 26.2, Q3 = 47.6, p = 0.014)