Focused Evidence Review: Psychometric Properties of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue , 2018, Pages 61-70

  Goldsmith, Elizabeth S ^a,b   Taylor, Brent C ^a,b,c   Greer, Nancy ^a   Murdoch, Maureen ^a,c   MacDonald, Roderick ^a   McKenzie, Lauren ^a   Rosebush, Christina E ^a   Wilt, Timothy J ^a,c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic pain; measurement; pain; psychometrics; systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85045085122     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4327-8     Document Type: Review

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