Concurrent validity of an electronic descriptive pain scale

The study objective was to assess the concurrent validity of the Electronic Descriptive Pain Scale (EDPS), a pain scale built into a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device. One hundred patients in an outpatient physiotherapy (PT) clinic participated (mean age 41.30 years, SD 13.95). Befo...

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Published in:Clinical rehabilitation 2003-03, Vol.17 (2), p.206-208
Main Authors: Scudds, Roger A, Fishbain, David A, Scudds, Rhonda J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Assessment
Biological and medical sciences
Electric Stimulation Therapy - instrumentation
Female
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Male
Medical sciences
Microcomputers
Musculoskeletal System - physiopathology
Nervous system
Pain
Pain - physiopathology
Pain Management
Pain Measurement - instrumentation
Pain Measurement - methods
Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques
Patients
Physical Therapy Modalities - instrumentation
Physiotherapy
Reproducibility of Results
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
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Summary:The study objective was to assess the concurrent validity of the Electronic Descriptive Pain Scale (EDPS), a pain scale built into a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device. One hundred patients in an outpatient physiotherapy (PT) clinic participated (mean age 41.30 years, SD 13.95). Before and after a PT treatment, subjects rated their current pain intensity with the EDPS, a visual analogue scale, a numerical pain rating scale, and the McGill Pain Questionnaire's Present Pain Intensity. The results showed relatively high significant correlations between the EDPS and each of the other pain scales.
ISSN:0269-2155
1477-0873
DOI:10.1191/0269215503cr601oa