Refinement of the Feline Musculoskeletal Pain Index (FMPI) and development of the short-form FMPI.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and responsiveness of the Feline Musculoskeletal Pain Index (FMPI) using the collective results of multiple clinical studies and iteratively refine the FMPI for future use.

Methods

Data were compiled from previously conducted studies involving client-owned cats with degenerative joint disease (DJD) and which used the FMPI. The reliability of the FMPI was assessed using the data from the initial visits of those studies. For the assessment of responsiveness of the FMPI, only placebo-controlled studies that used analgesic treatments were included. Treatment groups from each study were combined and categorized as 'placebo' group and 'analgesic' group. Then, the mean change from baseline in score of each FMPI ite

SUBMITTER: Enomoto M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812168 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature