A review of general pain measurement tools and instruments for consideration of use in COPD clinical practice

Johnson, Alisha; Smith, Sheree

doi:10.2147/copd.s119889

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“…Pain is a stressful, individual and subjective human experience and has been associated with feelings of social isolation 21 ; thus, evaluating pain is one of the most challenging areas of care for this type of patient. The ability to accurately measure and interpret pain through valid and reliable tools or instruments may be clinically important in determining medical protocol and non-pharmaceutical interventions 22 .…”

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Pain and quality of life in breast cancer patients

Costa¹,

Monteiro²,

Queiroz³

et al. 2017

Clinics

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OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of pain on quality of life in breast cancer patients.METHODS:A cross-sectional study of 400 patients, including 118 without metastasis, 160 with loco-regional metastasis and 122 with distant metastasis. The instruments used were the European Organization for Research and Treatment for Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 and the Breast Cancer-specific 23 and short McGill Pain Questionnaire.RESULTS:In total, 71.7% of patients reported pain. The most frequent sensory descriptor used by patients was ‘jumping.’ In the evaluative dimension, the main descriptor chosen was troublesome. The Global Health self-assessment showed pain to be inversely correlated with quality of life: the group without metastasis had a mean score of 55.3 (SD=24.8) for those in pain, which rose to 69.7 (SD=19.2) for those without pain (p=0.001). Subjects with loco-regional metastasis had score of 59.1 (SD=21.3) when in pain, and those without pain had a significantly higher score of 72.4 (SD=18.6) (p<0.001). Patients from the distant metastasis group showed similar results with a mean score of 48.6 (SD=23.1) for those in pain and 67.6 (SD=20.4) for those without pain (p=0.002). Regarding the association of pain intensity and quality of life, patients with distant metastasis and intense pain had the worst scores for quality of life with a functional scale mean of 49.9 (SD=17.3) (p<0.009), a Symptom Scale score of 50.0 (SD=20.1) (p<0.001) and a Global Health Scale score of 39.7 (SD=24.7) (p<0.006).CONCLUSIONS:Pain compromises the quality of life of patients with breast cancer, particularly those with advanced stages of the disease.

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Pain and quality of life in breast cancer patients

Costa¹,

Monteiro²,

Queiroz³

et al. 2017

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“…Pain measurement questionnaires are available for large-scale research, clinical screening, and as auxiliary tools to physicians. 20,35 The Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ) was developed to investigate self-reported pain sensitivity as a supplement or alternative to experimental pain testing. 38 Interviewees are asked to rate items of the PSQ that reflect imagined, typically painful stimuli.…”

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Structural Consistency of the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire in the Cooperative Health Research In South Tyrol (CHRIS) Population-Based Study

Melotti

Ruscheweyh

Pramstaller

et al. 2018

The Journal of Pain

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The self-reported Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ) is a valid supplement to experimental pain testing. However, the latent constructs determining the originally proposed 1 general score (PSQ-total) and 2 subscores (PSQ-moderate and PSQ-minor) have not been consistently investigated in population-based studies or between genders. Based on a single construct hypothesized by expert knowledge or alternative constructs upon empirical evidence, PSQ structures were explored and confirmed among 4,820 participants aged 18 to 93 years of the Cooperative Health Research In South Tyrol (CHRIS) study. By exploratory factor analysis, we identified 3 alternative sets of PSQ imagined painful situations comprising 14, 10, and 9 items, which displayed simple structures of the rotated factor loadings of direct interpretation. In confirmatory analysis (CFA) of 1 latent factor, the 10-item set yielded acceptable goodness-of-fit overall, better fit than the alternative sets and consistent structural properties between genders. Separate analyses based on 14- and 9-item sets returned considerable correlations between 2 latent constructs. In higher-order CFA with each set, 1 first-order general factor explained a large part of the variances of 2 second-order factors. One dominant construct consistently describes the factorial structure of the PSQ. Averaging across the 10-item set, the PSQ-short score represents a structurally robust, gender-consistent, and practical measure of general pain sensitivity. PERSPECTIVE: One dominant latent construct of general pain sensitivity consistently determines responses to the self-reported PSQ. The PSQ-short score maintains similar psychometric properties to the PSQ-total and between genders. This measure is attractive for large-scale research and clinical screening of pain sensitivity.

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“…Studies do not always directly evaluate the perception of pain, but it can be deduced from the improvement of different outcomes, as the QoL, the distance covered during the walking test; many patients suffer from chronic pathologies as osteoarthritis, presenting chronic pain [36,37]. There are several tests for the evaluation of pain, such as the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ), the Geriatric Pain Measure (GPM), and the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) [38,39]. Chronic pain leads to depression and anxiety; furthermore, the fear of feeling pain leads to kinesiophobia, creating a dangerous closed circle [40].…”

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Proprioception Exercises as an Addition to the Rehabilitation Process

Bordoni

Simonelli²

2020

Cureus

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Respiratory rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is recognized as a cornerstone for the therapeutic path. Physiotherapy involves physical activity with aerobic and anaerobic exercises, which can improve the patient's symptomatic picture, such as motor function, emotional status (depression and anxiety), and improve the pain perception. The training of proprioception is not included in the structure of the exercises proposed by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD).The training of proprioception is a very useful strategy for stimulating the cerebellum, a neurological suffering area in patients with COPD. The cerebellum sorts information about pain and emotions, as well as motor stimuli. The article discusses the need to introduce proprioception in respiratory rehabilitation protocols, highlighting the neurological relationships with the management of comorbidities.

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A review of general pain measurement tools and instruments for consideration of use in COPD clinical practice

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Pain and quality of life in breast cancer patients

Pain and quality of life in breast cancer patients

Structural Consistency of the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire in the Cooperative Health Research In South Tyrol (CHRIS) Population-Based Study

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Proprioception Exercises as an Addition to the Rehabilitation Process

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