Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of the Brief Pain Inventory in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

ABSTRACT: Background and Aims. No patient-reported outcome measures targeting pain have yet been validated for use in IBD patients. Consequently, the aim of this study was to test the psychometrical properties of the brief pain inventory (BPI) in an outpatient population with IBD. Methods. Participants were recruited from nine hospitals in the southeastern and western parts of Norway. Clinical and sociodemographic data were collected, and participants completed the BPI, as well as the Short-Form 36 (SF-36). Results. In total, 410 patients were included. The BPI displayed high correlations with the bodily pain dimension of the SF-36, as well as moderate correlations with disease activity indices. The BPI also displayed excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha value of 0.91, regardless of diag

SUBMITTER: Jelsness-Jorgensen LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4930809 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature