The Assessment of Pain Quality: An Item Response Theory Analysis

Journal of Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-279

  Waterman, Clare ^a   Victor, Timothy W ^b   Jensen, Mark P ^c   Gould, Errol M ^d   Gammaitoni, Arnold R ^e   Galer, Bradley S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Orion Analytics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f Nuvo Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

IRT; item response theory; Pain assessment; pain quality; Pain Quality Assessment Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; THEORY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649194589     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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