The Glasgow Pain Questionnaire: A new generic measure of pain; development and testing

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1060-1067

  Thomas, R J ^a   McEwen, J ^a   Asbury, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pain; Population studies; Questionnaire; Testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029973587     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.5.1060     Document Type: Article

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