Validation of a Korean Translated Version of the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) for ICU Patients

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU

“…An additional study (51), although not evaluating validity, found that BPS and BPS-NI were feasible and reliable to use in the brain-injured population. Of note, Behavioral Pain Scales have been validated in the following languages (other than French or English): CPOT-Mandarin (55), Korean (56), Spanish (57), and Swedish (58); BPS and BPS-NI-Mandarin (59).…”

Validation of the Danish version of the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool

“…24 The patients' severe illness and treatment can enable their capability to self-report pain even though they are not sedated. 24,[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] International guidelines recommend valid pain assessment tools, but emphasize the importance of proper validation and testing before implementing the assessment method in clinical practice. 13,25 Therefore, validated pain assessment tools have been developed.…”

“…24,31,[34][35][36][37][38][39]48,52 In summary, the Danish version of CPOT was validated. We only used two observers as CPOT raters at all assessments.…”

“…This is the same number of patients as other trials and the results of this study support the results of previous studies of CPOT. 24,31,[34][35][36][37][38][39]48,52 In summary, the Danish version of CPOT was validated. Most of the patients included were awake despite mechanical ventilation and critical illness.…”

“…14,[28][29][30] CPOT is designed for critically ill patients and has been validated in several languages. 24,[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] International guidelines recommend valid pain assessment tools, but emphasize the importance of proper validation and testing before implementing the assessment method in clinical practice. 26 We translated CPOT into Danish and re-translated by the first author with the acceptance and permission from the primary author C eline G elinas, RN, PhD.…”