The use of multiple-item scales for pain intensity measurement in chronic pain patients

Pain

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-40

  Jensen, Mark P ^a,b   Turner, Lindsey R ^a   Turner, Judith A ^a,b   Romano, Joan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain assessment; Pain measurement; Psychometric properties; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

EID: 0030245651     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)03078-3     Document Type: Article

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