Comparison of numerical and verbal rating scales to measure pain exacerbations in patients with chronic cancer pain

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brunelli, Cinzia ^a   Zecca, Ernesto ^a   Martini, Cinzia ^a   Campa, Tiziana ^a   Fagnoni, Elena ^a   Bagnasco, Michela ^b   Lanata, Luigi ^b   Caraceni, Augusto ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Chemistry Section   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77951045598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-42     Document Type: Article

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