title: Confirmatory factor analysis of the Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire with burn patients.
abstract: The Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) is an abbreviated version of McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) developed for pragmatic reasons to improve the clinical utility of the MPQ. Although the SF-MPQ has been used in more than 250 published studies, few studies have examined the core constructs it measures. The objective of this study was to evaluate in a sample with burn injuries whether the factor structure of the SF-MPQ is consistent with the theoretic pain constructs it purports to measure. Participants (n = 338) met American Burn Association's criteria for major burn injury and had a mean total body surface area burned of 14%. They were mostly male (70.1%) and Caucasian (63.4%) with an average age of 41.25 years. There were 2 primary findings. First, confirmatory factor analysis yielded fit index values demonstrating viability of a 2-factor, oblique, solution composed of sensory and affective latent constructs. These findings were consistent with previous work and the theoretic constructs. Second, results from a relatively new model consisting of 8 SF-MPQ items demonstrated potential viability for measuring similar constructs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. smason23@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Shawn T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Lisa L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Arceneaux
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Abouhassan
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lauterbach
authors.forename: Caryn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seebach
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fauerbach