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). 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.
Scudds
Roger A
RA
Department of Physical Therapy, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA. rsroger@polyu.edu.hk
Fishbain
David A
DA
Scudds
Rhonda J
RJ
D000328:Adult; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000295:instrumentation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results