The Validity and Reliability of the Graphic Rating Scale and Verbal Rating Scale for Measuring Pain Across Cultures: A Study in Egyptian and Dutch Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Validity and Reliability of the Graphic Rating Scale and Verbal Rating Scale for Measuring Pain Across Cultures: A Study in Egyptian and Dutch Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis
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用于测量跨文化疼痛的图形评定量表和语言评定量表的有效性和可靠性：对埃及和荷兰患有类风湿性关节炎的妇女的研究
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10.1097/01.ajp.0000210939.96557.c6
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2006
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M. A. van de Laar
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P. T. ten Klooster;Alexander P. J. Vlaar;E. Taal;Rasha E. Gheith;J. Rasker;A. El;M. A. van de Laar
目的比较图形评定量表（GRS）和言语评定量表（VRS）测量埃及和荷兰年轻女性类风湿性关节炎（RA）患者疼痛强度的有效性和信度。方法数据来自对 42 名埃及和 30 名荷兰女性门诊稳定型 RA 患者的跨文化研究。通过将量表与 RA 疾病活动的其他核心指标相关联来评估构建有效性。以 1 周为间隔评估重测可靠性。结果在整个研究队列以及埃及和荷兰亚组中，GRS 和 VRS 具有很强的相关性。在各个亚组中，只有 GRS 表现出与其他疾病活动指标的预期相关模式。 GRS 的重测可靠性在埃及和荷兰患者中均足够（组内相关系数分别为 0.78 与 0.83），而 VRS 的可靠性在埃及亚组中并不令人满意（加权 κ 0.60 与荷兰的 0.82）。讨论该研究证实 GRS 和 VRS 在整个研究队列中是可靠且有效的。在各个国家/地区，GRS 的表现似乎比 VRS 更好。
ObjectiveTo compare the validity and reliability of a graphic rating scale (GRS) and a verbal rating scale (VRS) for measuring pain intensity in young female Egyptian and Dutch patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). MethodsData were obtained in a cross-cultural study of 42 Egyptian and 30 Dutch female outpatients with stable RA. Construct validity was assessed by correlating the scales with other core measures of disease activity in RA. Test-retest reliability was assessed over a 1-week interval. ResultsThe GRS and the VRS were strongly intercorrelated in the total study cohort and in the Egyptian and Dutch subgroups. In the individual subgroups, only the GRS demonstrated the expected pattern of correlations with other disease activity measures. Test-retest reliability of the GRS was adequate in both Egyptian and Dutch patients (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.78 vs. 0.83, respectively), whereas reliability of the VRS was unsatisfactory in the Egyptian subgroup (weighted κ 0.60 vs. 0.82 in the Netherlands). DiscussionThe study confirmed that the GRS and VRS were reliable and valid in the total study cohort. Within the individual countries, the GRS seemed to perform better than the VRS.