A comparison of pain measures used with patients with fibromyalgia.
A comparison of pain measures used with patients with fibromyalgia.
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DOI：
10.1891/jnum.10.1.5.52550
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发表时间：
2002-03-01
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0.7
通讯作者：
Cronan, Terry A
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作者：
Bigatti, Silvia M;Cronan, Terry A
本研究的目的是评估用于评估纤维肌痛(FMS)患者疼痛的工具。研究对象为602名FMS患者。疼痛用五种量表测量：视觉模拟评分(VAS)、疼痛等级、当前疼痛和McGill疼痛问卷中选择的字数；疼痛强度通过手动压痛点检查获得。VAS与其他疼痛测量以及疼痛、身体功能、疲劳和僵硬的自我效能的相关性最高。VAS与疲劳和僵硬的相关性显著高于其他疼痛指标(p<；.01)。我们的研究结果表明，易于管理的VAS可能是衡量FMS患者疼痛的最有用的指标。
The objective of the present study was to evaluate instruments used to assess pain in patients with fibromyalgia (FMS). Participants were 602 patients with FMS. Pain was measured with five scales: a visual analog scale (VAS), the Pain Rating, Present Pain, and Number of Words Chosen Indexes from the McGill Pain Questionnaire; and intensity of pain obtained from a manual tender point exam. The VAS had the highest correlations with other measures of pain and with self-efficacy for pain, physical functioning, fatigue, and stiffness. The correlations between the VAS and fatigue and stiffness were significantly higher than those of other pain measures (p < .01). Our findings suggest that the easy-to-administer VAS may be the most useful measure of pain with patients with FMS.