Validation of the surgical pain scales in women undergoing pelvic reconstructive surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Surgical pain scales (SPS) consist of 4 items that measure pain at rest, during normal activities, and during work/exercise and quantify unpleasantness of worst pain, which are valid and responsive in men undergoing hernia repair. Our objective was to evaluate the psychometric properties of SPS in women undergoing vaginal surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.

Methods

We modified SPS by converting original response scales from a visual analog scale to numerical rating scales. Numerical rating scales have lower error rates and higher validity than visual analog scale. The sample included 169 women with stage II to IV pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence in a randomized trial comparing sacrospinous ligament fixation to ute

SUBMITTER: Barber MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3677159 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature