Are we measuring what we need to measure?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 316-324

  Wittink, Harriet ^a   Nicholas, Michael ^c   Kralik, Debbie ^d   Verbunt, Jeanine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Adelante Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Evidence based practice; Outcome assessment; Patient preferences

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 42449136656     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31815c2e2a     Document Type: Review

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