Approval of psychometric properties of common scales to assess pain intensity in patients with chronic pain attending a multimodal pain therapy
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: quantitative validation
Patients receive a set of questionnaires three times during routine documentation ot the specific institutions (Admission, discharge, follow up) consisting of:
1. Pai
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Study population for quantitative part All patients fulfilling the following inclusion criteria: age = 18 years, chronic permanent or recurrent pain for at least 6 months, not sufficiently satisfied in symptom reduction by previous unimodal pain therapy appraoches (commonly minimum 3 attemps) indicating necessity of a multimodal pain Treatment Approach, medium or high impairment of physical and psychological functioning, sufficient capability to tolerate physical activation, and sufficient skills in German language assessed by an interdisciplinary team in one of four cooperating German comprehensive pain center. Study population for qualitative part All patients fulfilling the following inclusion criteria: age = 18 years, chronic permanent or recurrent pain for at least 3 months, medium or high impairment of physical and psychological functioning, sufficient capability to tolerate physical activation, and sufficient skills in German language assessed by an interdisciplinary team in one of four cooperating German comprehensive pain center. Further to be included into the qualitative validation study (focus groups) patients have to have completed a multimodal pain program and have to be discharged at least for 3 months and not more than 9 months (including booster week if available).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: patients not participating in multimodal pain therapy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| psychometric properties (validity, reliability, sensitivity to Change) of common scales to assess pain intensity in patients with chronic pain attending a multimodal pain therapy supplemented by emotional wellbeing and a specific form of the Short Form 12. NRS pain intensity NRS pain frequency NRS interference because of pain Chronic pain grade: “Characteristic Pain Intensity” McGill Questionnaire “Present Pain Intensity” Multidimensional Pain Inventory: “Pain Severity” SF 36 Subskala “Bodily Pain” Obstacles for return to work “pain intensity” Depression-Anxiety-Stress-Scale SF 12 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| not planned | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactUlrike Kaiser
UniversitätsSchmerzCentrumUniversitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus
Outcome results
None listed