Global Pain State Questionnaire: Reliability, Validity, and Gender Gap
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Title: | Global Pain State Questionnaire: Reliability, Validity, and Gender Gap |
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Authors: | Barrachina, Jordi | Muriel, Javier | Margarit, Cesar | Planelles, Beatriz | Ballester, Pura | Richart-Martínez, Miguel | Cutillas, Esperanza | Zandonai, Thomas | Morales, Domingo | Peiró, Ana M. |
Research Group/s: | Person-centred Care and Health Outcomes Innovation / Atención centrada en la persona e innovación en resultados de salud (PCC-HOI) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería |
Keywords: | Reliability | Validity | Chronic Pain | Gender | Analgesic Response |
Knowledge Area: | Enfermería |
Issue Date: | 18-May-2021 |
Publisher: | Fortune Journals |
Citation: | Archives of Internal Medicine Research. 2021, 4(2): 91-113. https://doi.org/10.26502/aimr.0061 |
Abstract: | Objective: To quantify patients’ pain more objectively is essential to guide an individualized therapy, all the more so in patients under long-term opioid-use. Only a thoughtful and objective understanding of risks and benefits could improve an individualized standard of care. Our aim was to assess metric reliability and validity of an integrated and self-report Global Pain Status questionnaire to quantify the impact of pain on patient’s health in a more precise manner. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to analyse the reliability, agreement, and validity of an integrated questionnaire compared to isolated scales, due to kappa statistics, intra- class and other correlation coefficients. Level of pain (intensity and relief), quality of life, most prevalent analgesic adverse events and hospital frequentation were registered in a total of 38 cases (pain unit patients) and 52 painless matched-controls.. A reduced multitrait-multimethod matrix and a canonical-correlation analysis were developed together with a multiple linear regression. Results: Cases (56 ± 10 years old, 63% females, pain intensity 66 ± 23 mm, incidence rate of 5 adverse events) represented a regular pain population. A high intraobserver correlation (r0.75- 0.88, weighted-κ 0.41–0.51, unweighted-κ 0.66-0.82) was evidenced together with significant correlation coefficients in test-retest reliability, and for validity, even more, in a reduced multitrait-multimethod matrix (>0.8) and canonical-correlation (>0.95). A gender gap was evidenced in cases’ companions, mostly middle-aged females (78%), who experienced negative effects on their health. Conclusions: The Global Pain Status questionnaire is an evaluation instrument with enough reliability and validity, being a low-cost method to determine the multidimensional pain management at clinical routine. A gender-gap within pain caregivers was found that affect their health outcomes. Support interventions for pain patients’ companions should consider specific gender risk factors. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/115366 |
ISSN: | 2688-5654 |
DOI: | 10.26502/aimr.0061 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.26502/aimr.0061 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - PCC-HOI - Artículos de Revistas |
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