The PAI Bariatric compiles the results of the PAI into a convenient report targeted to your bariatric surgery candidates. The results allow you to evaluate psychological factors that, if left unattended, may negatively impact bariatric surgery outcomes.
To assess your patients, log in to PARiConnect and administer the PAI either in your office or remotely. Make sure you’ve purchased PAI Bariatric Score Report uses, and then select the Bariatric Score Report to view results based on bariatric presurgical candidate norms. Download the report as an RTF or PDF to create your own report or share the results with other members of the care team.
Includes PAI Professional e-Manual, PAI Plus e-Manual Supplement, PAI Bariatric e-Manual Supplement, 5 i-Admins, and 5 Bariatric Score Reports.
This kit is entirely digital; no print items are included. e-Manuals are limited to a single user and device. Please see our e-Manuals FAQ before ordering e-Manuals.
e-Manuals and e-Stimulus Books are limited to a single user and device. Please see our e-Manuals FAQ before ordering e-Manuals, and please see our e-Stimulus Books FAQ before ordering e-Stimulus Books.
i-Admins provide on-screen test administration, either in your office or remotely. Purchasers should own the PAI Professional Manual or purchase it before use.
Reports must be purchased separately.
Score Reports provide scores and profiles based on response data from an i-Admin assessment.
No interpretation provided.
Can I use the traditional PAI to assess my bariatric patients?
Yes! The PAI Bariatric Score Report includes bariatric candidate norms and information specific to assessing this patient population. To generate a PAI Bariatric Score Report, you first must administer the regular PAI.
What is the difference between the PAI Plus bariatric overlay and this new PAI Bariatric Report?
The overlays are different on each report. The new bariatric report includes bariatric reference group normative scores. This new bariatric overlay is based on a different sample than the PAI Plus bariatric overlay. A subsample (n = 931) of approved bariatric surgery candidates was derived from archival data collected during psychological evaluations at an outpatient health psychology clinic (Oltmanns et al., 2020). Approved surgery candidates underwent bariatric surgery at a local medical center for weight loss surgery. Patients’ surgeries were considered successful if they had received follow-up care after surgery for at least 1 year and had achieved 50 percent or more loss of excess body weight as recorded during the last follow-up appointment.
I’m a bariatric surgeon. Can I purchase, administer, and interpret the results of a PAI Bariatric Score Report?
The qualification level required to purchase, administer, and interpret the PAI Bariatric Score Report is C, which means you must have an advanced professional degree that provides appropriate training in the administration and interpretation of psychological tests or license or certification from an agency that requires appropriate training and experience in the ethical and competent use of psychological tests. Rely on the expertise of your team’s psychologist to administer and evaluate the results of the PAI.
If I generate a PAI Bariatric Score Report based on a PAI item response set I already have, will I be charged for another i-Admin?
No. However, you must purchase PAI Bariatric Score Reports separately from other PAI reports.
Why is the PAI Bariatric Score Report more useful for bariatric surgeons than the PAI Plus Score Report or the PAI Clinical Interpretive Report?
Although you administer the same PAI test to bariatric and nonbariatric patients, the PAI Bariatric Score Report includes information specifically for bariatric surgery patients, and results are based on bariatric surgery candidate norms.