Preliminary Validation of the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS) in a Military Population

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-123

  Buckenmaier, Chester C ^a,b   Galloway, Kevin T ^c   Polomano, Rosemary C ^d,e   McDuffie, Mary ^a   Kwon, Nancy ^a   Gallagher, Rollin M ^e,f  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Office of the Army Surgeon General   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain measurement; Pain scales; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEFENSE AND VETERANS PAIN RATING SCALE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOOD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SLEEP; STRESS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84872495851     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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