PMID- 8090512
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19941020
LR  - 20210112
IS  - 0304-3959 (Print)
IS  - 0304-3959 (Linking)
VI  - 57
IP  - 2
DP  - 1994 May
TI  - Pain measurement in cancer patients: a comparison of six methods.
PG  - 161-166
LID - 10.1016/0304-3959(94)90219-4 [doi]
AB  - A consecutive sample of 53 chronic cancer pain patients were administered 5 
      different pain intensity scales: a visual analogue scale (VAS), a numerical 
      rating scale from 0 to 10 (NRS), a verbal rating scale (VRS), the Italian Pain 
      Questionnaire (Italian version of the McGill Pain Questionnaire) (PRI), and the 
      Integrated Pain Score (IPS) which is an instrument designed at the Pain Therapy 
      and Palliative Care Division of the National Cancer Institute of Milan to 
      integrate pain intensity and duration in a single measure. These scales were 
      administered before and after a definite therapy change. At the time of the 
      second evaluation the patients were also administered a pain relief scale (IRS). 
      A factor analysis of the scoring properties of these instruments revealed a high 
      degree of association between the variables. A single factor clearly emerged 
      explaining most of the different scales variability. A logistic regression 
      analysis showed that VAS, NRS, VRS were more strongly associated with IRS than 
      PRI and IPS.
FAU - de Conno, Franco
AU  - de Conno F
AD  - Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Division, National Cancer Institute of Milan, 
      MilanItaly San Gerardo Hospital, MonzaItaly Biometric Division, National Cancer 
      Institute of Milan, MilanItaly Division of Psychological Research, National 
      Cancer Institute of Milan, MilanItaly.
FAU - Caraceni, Augusto
AU  - Caraceni A
FAU - Gamba, Alessio
AU  - Gamba A
FAU - Mariani, Luigi
AU  - Mariani L
FAU - Abbattista, Antonello
AU  - Abbattista A
FAU - Brunelli, Cinzia
AU  - Brunelli C
FAU - La Mura, Angela
AU  - La Mura A
FAU - Vcntafridda, Vittorio
AU  - Vcntafridda V
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Pain
JT  - Pain
JID - 7508686
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neoplasms/*complications
MH  - Pain Measurement/*methods
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 1994/05/01 00:00
MHDA- 1994/05/01 00:01
CRDT- 1994/05/01 00:00
PHST- 1994/05/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1994/05/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1994/05/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 00006396-199405000-00003 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/0304-3959(94)90219-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pain. 1994 May;57(2):161-166. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(94)90219-4.