title: An evaluation of chronic pain questionnaires in the adult population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Considering pain's subjectivity, measurement and its processes are indispensable to clinicians and researchers. Development and testing methods of recently published chronic pain questionnaires were analyzed to determine the state of measurement in chronic pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  There were 8 questionnaires analyzed against 28 criteria, which combined specific testing standards and commonly accepted reliability statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 1 questionnaire received a rating of good method quality. The 7 remaining questionnaires received a rating of poor method quality.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Newly developed chronic pain self-report questionnaires revealed deficiencies in construction and testing methods. It is proposed that an adapted version of the Standards of Educational and Psychological Testing serves as a useful guide for developing and testing new health questionnaires.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Deshaies
authors.forename: Noori
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akhtar-Danesh
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaasalainen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D059350:Chronic Pain; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires