Validation of the Chinese version of the Brief Pain Inventory in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) primarily presents with symptoms of pain and compromised functionality. Pain is a subjective manifestation that necessitates the employment of reliable evaluation tools for practical assessment, thereby enabling the formulation of appropriate interventional strategies. The Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) is a widely utilized questionnaire for evaluating the status of chronic pain. The purpose of the present study is to translate the short form of BPI into Chinese version (BPI-CV) and conduct cross-cultural adaptation to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of BPI-CV in KOA patients.

Methods

BPI-CV was translated and cross-culturally adapted according to internationally recognized guidelines. A cohort comprising 150 patients diagnosed with

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10518095 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature