title: Chronic Pain: Content Validation of Nursing Diagnosis in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The main purpose of the study was to validate the defining characteristics and related factors of the nursing diagnosis "chronic pain" in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a descriptive study. The validation process involved was based on Fehring's Diagnostic Content Validity Model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three defining characteristics (reports pain, altered ability to continue previous activities, and depression) were classified as major by Slovak nurses, and one defining characteristic (reports pain) was classified as major by Czech nurses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the study provide guidance in devising strategies of pain assessment and can aid in the formulation of accurate nursing diagnoses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The defining characteristic "reports pain" is important for arriving at the nursing diagnosis "chronic pain."
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Midwifery at Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Renáta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zeleníková
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Midwifery at Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Lenka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maniaková
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000451:nursing*; D018153:Czech Republic; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D018154:Slovakia; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Chronic pain; content validation; defining characteristic; nursing diagnosis; related factor