title: Spanish translation and linguistic validation of the screener and opioid assessment for patients with pain-revised (SOAPP-R).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Given the increase in misuse and abuse of prescription opioids, clinicians clearly benefit from a standardized tool to screen patients being considered for chronic opioid therapy. The Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain-Revised (SOAPP-R) is a widely used opioid risk assessment tool in clinical practice. As one third of the US population experiences chronic noncancer pain at any given time, and the Hispanic population now accounts for about 16% of the nation's population, the availability of a Spanish-language SOAPP-R fills an important clinical need.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To derive a linguistically validated Spanish-language version of the SOAPP®-R.
  
  
  METHODS
  Each step of Spanish translation and linguistic validation of the SOAPP-R was based on the US Food and Drug Administration and the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research translation process.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A linguistically validated Spanish-language version of the SOAPP-R.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Spanish SOAPP-R may be useful as a risk assessment tool, considered along with other clinical information, by clinicians who prescribe opioid therapy for patients whose preferred language is Spanish.
authors.affiliation: Inflexxion, Inc, Newton, Massachusetts 02464, USA. sfbutler@inflexxion.com
authors.forename: Stephen F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Kevin L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Zacharoff
authors.forename: Simon H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Budman
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Jamison
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dawsey
authors.forename: Adrianne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ondarza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D063487:Prescription Drug Misuse / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid
keywords: Aberrant Drug-Related Behavior; Abuse; Chronic Noncancer Pain; Opioids; Risk Assessment