Sensation and distress of pain scales: Reliability, validity, and sensitivity

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-236

  Good, Marion ^a   Stiller, Catherine ^a   Zauszniewski, Jaclene A ^a   Anderson, Gene Cranston ^a   Stanton Hicks, Michael ^b   Grass, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; VALIDATION STUDY;

HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 0035757323     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.9.3.219     Document Type: Article

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