What do the numbers mean? Normative data in chronic pain measures

Pain

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 158-173

  Nicholas, Michael K ^a   Asghari, Ali ^a,b   Blyth, Fiona M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chronic pain; Normative data; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY AND STRESS SCALES; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODIFIED ZUNG SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; MOOD; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN RESPONSE SELF STATEMENTS SCALE; PAIN SELF EFFICACY QUESTIONNAIRE; PHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; ROLAND AND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SHOULDER PAIN; STRESS; TAMPA SCALE FOR KINESIOPHOBIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEST HAVEN YALE MULTIDIMENSIONAL PAIN INVENTORY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 37049001840     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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