Assessing self-report of pain: A comparison of two recording procedures

Electronic‐Diary for Recording Headaches, Triggers, and Medication Use: Development and Evaluation

“…Moreover, participants reported a stronger intention to continue using the e‐diaries than the paper‐based diaries. Acceptability ratings found here are consistent with previous studies, which have reported high participant acceptability ratings of headache diaries . Similar to this study, Allena et al found that e‐diaries were rated as easier to use than paper‐based diaries .…”

“…Acceptability ratings found here are consistent with previous studies, which have reported high participant acceptability ratings of headache diaries. 14,23,45 Similar to this study, Allena et al found that e-diaries were rated as easier to use than paper-based diaries. 46 Previous research has relied on a handful of non-theory-based questions in assessment of participant acceptability of electronic and paper-based headache measures, and hence there are no comparisons studies available for the current findings on differential group reports on compatibility and intention to use.…”

“…To further examine compliance with diary completion, a one‐way ANOVA was conducted to compare diary subgroups on subjective reports of backdated data and objective records of backdated data. The paper diaries were not included in objective backdated data analyses as objective scores cannot be produced for paper diaries unless participants are being monitored (see Collins and Thompson for monitoring of paper diaries). Analyses revealed no significant differences between the subgroups on subjective reports or objective records of backdated data, both F s < 1.20, P s > .31, < 0.23.…”

Outcome Measurement in Behavioral Headache Research: Headache Parameters and Psychosocial Outcomes

“…These observations led to varied modifications of the diary, such as bihourly and even more reduced sampling (four times per day, keyed to activities that occur at fairly similar times within and across individuals—wakeup/breakfast, lunch, evening meal, and bedtime). Collins and Martin 7 compared this reduced‐demand format to a bihourly monitoring schedule and found that they yielded fairly equivalent results. Although a time‐sampling format is less demanding for participants and is likely to provide more reliable and valid data, it does have some significant shortcomings.…”

Assessing the Reactive as Well as the Sensory Component of Headache Pain

“…In subsequent research investigators have reduced the number of daily recording periods (e.g., four times per day at discriminable times) to minimize the chances of a subject making recordings from memory (Epstein and Abel, 1977). This numerical diary procedure has several advantages: (1) it is relatively easy for subjects to keep; (2) it gives an indication of the variability of headache activity; (3) studies examining the treatment of chronic headache sufferers have shown this method to be sensitive to treatment effects (e.g., Blanchard, Andrasik, Ahles, Teders and O'Keefe, 1980); and (4) it has been shown to possess acceptable reliability (Collins and Martin, 1980;Collins and Thompson, 1979). The major disadvantage of this numerical diary procedure is that it does not assess the reactive or affective component of the pain experience.…”