Comparative reliability and validity of chronic pain intensity measures

Pain

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-162

  Jensen, Mark P ^a,b   Turner, Judith A ^a,b   Romano, Joan M ^a,b   Fisher, Lloyd D ^a  

^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; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032881132     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00101-3     Document Type: Article

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