title: The development and testing of the patient record pain management assessment tool.
abstract: The article reports a study whose purpose was to develop and test the Patient Record Pain Management Assessment Tool, an instrument to evaluate compliance with the American Pain Society's quality assurance standards on acute pain and cancer pain in chart documentation. Content validity, overall validity, and interrater reliability were all found to be acceptable. The instrument is therefore a useful tool for documenting the level of pain management practice in institutional settings.
mesh_terms: D005568:Forms and Records Control; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards*; D009518:New York; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*