title: Concurrent validity of an electronic descriptive pain scale.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA. rsroger@polyu.edu.hk
authors.forename: Roger A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Scudds
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Fishbain
authors.forename: Rhonda J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Scudds
mesh_terms: 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