Cross-cultural adaptation, validity, and reliability of the Chinese version of revised American Pain Society patient outcome questionnaire for patients with cancer pain / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To introduce Revised American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire for patients with cancer pain in China, and to test its reliability and validity.Methods:Cross-cultural adjustment was conducted on the basis of the Revised American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire of the American Pain Association published on the official website through expert review and pre-experiment. A convenience sample of 153 hospital patients with cancer pain was recruited. And the data were analyzed for reliability and validity.Results:The adjusted Revised American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire contains 18 core items, which are easy to understand and can be completed within 10 minutes. Reliability test the Cronbach α coefficient of internal consistency for the total scale was 0.735. The Cronbach α coefficient of pain intensity dimension was 0.233, the Cronbach α coefficient of sleep interference dimension was 0.891, the Cronbach α coefficient of activity interference dimension was 0.830, the Cronbach α coefficient of emotion dimension was 0.846, the Cronbach α coefficient of pain management related side effects dimension was 0.591, and the Cronbach α coefficient of perception dimension of pain care was 0.633. Validity test The total content validity of the scale was 0.98, and the content validity of each item ranged from 0.82 to 1.00.Conclusion:The adjusted Revised American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire has good reliability and validity, providing an effective assessment tool for medical institutions to evaluate the quality of cancer pain management.