A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify measures of breakthrough pain and evaluate their psychometric properties.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Breakthrough pain is common in children and adults with cancer and other conditions, including those approaching end-of-life, although it is often poorly managed, possibly partly due to a lack of validated assessment tools. This review aims to (1) identify all available instruments measuring breakthrough pain in infants, children, adolescents or adults and (2) critically appraise, compare and summarise the quality of the psychometric properties of the identified instruments using COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) criteria.

Methods and analysis

Two searches will be carried out between October 2019 and January 2020, one for each aim of the review. The Cochrane Library, International Prospective Register of Syste

SUBMITTER: Greenfield K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170606 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature