THE DESCRIPTOR DIFFERENTIAL SCALE OF PAIN INTENSITY - AN EVALUATION OF ITEM AND SCALE PROPERTIES
THE DESCRIPTOR DIFFERENTIAL SCALE OF PAIN INTENSITY - AN EVALUATION OF ITEM AND SCALE PROPERTIES
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DOI：
10.1016/0304-3959(94)00180-m
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发表时间：
1995-05-01
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影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
ATKINSON, JH
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作者：
DOCTOR, JN;SLATER, MA;ATKINSON, JH
改进的疼痛测量方法具有理论和临床重要性。本研究评估了疼痛强度描述差异量表 (DDS)，这是一种最新的方法，旨在评估临床样本中的疼痛报告。实验 1 相对于疼痛强度的传统视觉模拟量表 (VAS)，评估了该测量对皮肤电刺激微小变化的敏感性。此外，采用直接心理物理标度方法来确定与皮肤电刺激相关的 DDS 感觉项目的比率标度值。通过与之前发表的来自跨模态匹配疼痛强度判断研究的比率尺度数据进行比较，对该比率尺度进行了交叉验证。实验 2 评估了该测量在实验和临床疼痛样本中的表现，以及每个样本中项目反应模式的相似性。结果表明，疼痛强度 DDS 对皮肤电刺激的微小变化敏感，在两种不同的心理物理学方法中具有一致的比率尺度特性，并且在不同的实验和临床样本中表现出相似的项目反应模式。结果支持感觉 DDS 作为疼痛强度测量的有效性。
Improved methods for pain measurement have both theoretical and clinical importance. This study evaluated the Descriptor Differential Scale (DDS) of Pain Intensity, a recent methodology designed for assessing pain reports in clinical samples. Experiment 1 evaluated the sensitivity of the measure to small changes in electrocutaneous stimulation relative to a traditional visual analogue scale (VAS) of pain intensity. Additionally, direct psychophysical scaling methods were employed to determine ratio-scale values for the DDS sensory items in relation to the electrocutaneous stimuli. This ratio scale was cross-validated by comparison with previously published ratio-scaled data from cross-modality matching pain intensity judgement studies. Experiment 2 evaluated the performance of the measure in both experimental and clinical pain samples, as well as the similarity of item-response patterns in each of these samples. Results indicate that the DDS of Pain Intensity is sensitive to small changes in electrocutaneous stimulation, has consistent ratio-scale properties across two different psychophysical methods, and demonstrates similar item-response patterns across divergent experimental and clinical samples. The results support the validity of the sensory DDS as a measure of pain intensity.