PMID- 22617434
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130121
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1759-9873 (Electronic)
IS  - 0964-5284 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 3
DP  - 2012 Sep
TI  - Development and validation of the Chinese version of the Massachusetts General 
      Hospital Acupuncture Sensation Scale: an exploratory and methodological study.
PG  - 214-21
LID - 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010145 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The Massachusetts General Hospital Acupuncture Sensation Scale (MASS) 
      is a tool to measure needle sensations. The aims of the present study were to 
      develop a Chinese version and to assess its psychometric properties. METHODS: 
      This study was a methodological and exploratory study. The English version of the 
      MASS was translated into Chinese using standardised translation procedures. 
      Content validity was conducted by nine acupuncture experts. The prefinal Chinese 
      version (C-MASS) was then administered to 30 acupuncture-naive, healthy subjects. 
      Electroacupuncture was performed on the right LI4 and LI11 acupoints for 30 min. 
      A test-retest reliability measurement was administered 1-2 weeks later. Construct 
      validity was examined by comparing results from C-MASS and the Short-Form McGill 
      Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ). The construct validity was further assessed by the 
      principle component analysis. RESULTS: C-MASS demonstrated a content validity 
      ratio on relevance and importance from -0.04 to 1.00. Convergent validity was 
      demonstrated by its significant association with the sensory dimension of SF-MPQ 
      (gamma=0.63, p<0.05). Discriminant validity was demonstrated by its low association 
      with the affective dimension of SF-MPQ (gamma=-0.3, p=0.111). A five-factor structure 
      of C-MASS was established by factor analysis. C-MASS demonstrated good internal 
      consistency (Cronbach's alpha=0.71) and test-retest reliability (intraclass 
      correlation coefficient=0.92). Since the descriptor 'sharp pain' was not a valid 
      needle sensation related to deqi, this was removed from C-MASS. We renamed the 
      scale as the Modified MASS-Chinese version (C-MMASS). CONCLUSIONS: A 
      12-descriptor C-MMASS was established and shown to be a reliable and valid tool 
      in reporting needle sensations associated with deqi among healthy young Chinese 
      people.
FAU - Yu, David Tai Wai
AU  - Yu DT
AD  - Physiotherapy Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
FAU - Jones, Alice Yee Man
AU  - Jones AY
FAU - Pang, Marco Yiu Chung
AU  - Pang MY
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
DEP - 20120522
PL  - England
TA  - Acupunct Med
JT  - Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society
JID - 9304117
SB  - IM
MH  - Acupuncture Therapy/*psychology
MH  - Adult
MH  - China
MH  - Female
MH  - Hospitals, General
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Massachusetts
MH  - Pain Measurement/*methods/psychology/standards
MH  - Pain Perception
MH  - Psychometrics/methods/standards
MH  - Sensation
MH  - Translating
EDAT- 2012/05/24 06:00
MHDA- 2013/01/23 06:00
CRDT- 2012/05/24 06:00
PHST- 2012/05/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/05/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/01/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - acupmed-2012-010145 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010145 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acupunct Med. 2012 Sep;30(3):214-21. doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010145. Epub 2012 
      May 22.