Practical pain assessment tools for chronic pain patients in Thai circumstance

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: assess the utility of 4 commonly used pain intensity tools (Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), 6- point Verbal Rating Scale (VRS- 6), and Faces Pain Scale- Revised (FPS- R) are t; Pain intensity; tools

• Registration Number: TCTR20180829001
• Lead Sponsor: Faculty of medicine, Siriraj hospital funding

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-08-29
• Study Completion: 2018-09-03
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 360

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with chronic pain visiting the pain clinic OPD at Siriraj Hospital
2. Have a complaint of pain for more than 3 months
3. Able to understand and speak Thai

Exclusion Criteria

1. Refusal to participate in the study
2. Pain due to cancer
3. History of medical diagnosis of cognitive impairment or other diagnosed psychiatric illness

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The most preferred pain assessment tool On the day of recruitment Four choices of preferred pain assessment tools

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The most preferred pain assessment tool based on educational status and age (subgroup analysis) On the day of recruitment Four choices of preferred pain assessment tools,Relative rate of correct responses for each scale, based on educational status and age On the day of recruitment Four pain assessment tools,The construct validity of each pain assessment tool On the day of recruitment Four pain assessment tools