Development of a pictorial scale for assessing functional interference with chronic pain: the Pictorial Pain Interference Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessment of function and functional interference is an important component of chronic pain assessment and treatment and is commonly based on self-report questionnaires. Existing questionnaires for assessing functional interference are language dependent, which can limit their utility for patients across cultures with literacy, fluency, or cognitive restrictions.

Objective

The objectives of this study were to create a tool with minimal language dependence and literacy requirement for measuring functional interference due to chronic pain and evaluate the psychometric properties and usability of this new assessment scale, the Pictorial Pain Interference Questionnaire (PPIQ), in a clinical sample of participants with chronic pain.

Design

The study employed a

SUBMITTER: Cook AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6055905 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature