Development and Preliminary Testing of a Computerized Adaptive Assessment of Chronic Pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 932-943

  Anatchkova, Milena D ^a   Saris Baglama, Renee N ^a   Kosinski, Mark ^a   Bjorner, Jakob B ^a,b  

^a QualityMetric Incorporated   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

chronic pain; computerized adaptive testing; item response theory; Pain assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 68949192792     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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