Medication Quantification Scale version III: Update in medication classes and revised detriment weights by survey of American Pain Society physicians

Journal of Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 364-371

  Harden, R Norman ^a   Weinland, Stephan R ^a   Remble, Thomas A ^a   Houle, Timothy T ^a   Colio, Sean ^a   Steedman, Susan ^b   Kee, William G ^c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b G Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication quantification scale; Non malignant pain; Outcome measures; Pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CAPSAICIN; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444366249     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2005.01.350     Document Type: Article

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