AN APP for the Assessment of Pain Intensity: Validity Properties and Agreement of Pain Reports When Used with Young People

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1982-1992

  Sánchez Rodríguez, Elisabet ^a   de la Vega, Rocío ^a   Castarlenas, Elena ^a   Roset, Roman ^a   Miró, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Mobile app; Pain Intensity; Smartphone; Young People

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHILD; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943603489     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12859     Document Type: Article

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