The Italian Questionnaire for Cancer Breakthrough Pain Diagnosis, a Multicenter Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The literature lacks formally validated and reliable tools for the diagnosis of breakthrough cancer pain (BTcP). The Italian Questionnaire for BTcP diagnosis (IQ-BTP) is an 11-item questionnaire aimed at detecting potential-BTP and classifying it into three likelihood classes: high, intermediate, and low.

Methods

A multicenter, prospective, and observational study was designed to validate the IQ-BTP. In three consecutive visits with each cancer patient, the demographic and clinical details of the patient, the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) scores, IQ-BTP outcomes, and clinicians' autonomous BTcP diagnosis (gold standard) and the agreement of this diagnosis with IQ-BTP outcomes were recorded. The assessed domains for IQ-BTP validation were: Validity, including conten

SUBMITTER: Samolsky Dekel BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8586321 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature