Development and psychometric testing of an instrument designed to measure chronic pain in dogs with osteoarthritis

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 631-637

  Brown, Dorothy Cimino ^a   Boston, Raymond C ^a   Coyne, James C ^b   Farrar, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34447332216     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.6.631     Document Type: Article

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