Measuring pain in systemic sclerosis: Comparison of the short-form McGill pain questionnaire versus a single-item measure of pain

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2581-2587

  El Baalbaki, Ghassan ^a   Lober, Janie ^a   Hudson, M ^d   Baron, Murray ^a,b,c,d   Thombs, Brett D ^a,b,c   Pope, J ^d   Markland, J ^d   Khalidi, N A ^d   Masetto, A ^d   Sutton, E ^d   Jones, N ^d   Robinson, D ^d   Kaminska, E ^d   Docherty, P ^d   Smith, C D ^d   Mathieu, J P ^d   LeClercq, S ^d   Ligier, S ^d   Grodzicky, T ^d   Thorne, C ^d   Mittoo, S ^d   Fritzler, M ^e   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE

^e Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

McGill pain questionnaire; Pain; Scleroderma; Single item measure; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE DISABILITY INDEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE ITEM PAIN NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 82755162890     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110592     Document Type: Article

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