Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Breakthrough Pain Assessment Tool (BAT-C) in cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to adapt the original English Breakthrough Pain Assessment Tool (BAT) into a Chinese version (BAT-C), following Beaton's cross-cultural adaptation guidelines, and evaluate its psychometric properties among cancer patients, thereby providing a foundation for the standardized and evidence-based assessment of breakthrough pain in this population.

Methods

This study employed a cross-sectional design for psychometric validation. The English BAT underwent cultural adaptation according to Beaton' s cross-cultural adaptation framework to develop the BAT-C. A convenience sampling strategy was utilized to recruit 310 cancer patients with breakthrough pain from four tertiary hospitals in Hebei Province, with data collected to examine the psychometric

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12613582 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature