Confirmatory factor analysis of the pain care quality surveys (PainCQ©).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the reliability and validity and to decrease the battery of items in the Pain Care Quality (PainCQ(©) ) Surveys.

Data sources/study setting

Patient-reported data were collected prospectively from 337 hospitalized adult patients with pain on medical/surgical oncology units in four hospitals in three states.

Study design

This methodological study used a cross-sectional survey design. Each consenting patient completed two PainCQ(©) Surveys, the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form, and demographic questions. Clinical data were extracted from the medical record.

Data collection/extraction methods

All data were double entered into a Microsoft Access database, cleaned, and then extracted into SPSS, AMOS, and Mplus for analysis.

Principal findings</

SUBMITTER: Pett MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3681241 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature