Concurrent validity of an electronic descriptive pain scale

Clin Rehabil. 2003 Mar;17(2):206-8. doi: 10.1191/0269215503cr601oa.

Abstract

The study objective was to assess the concurrent validity of the Electronic Descriptive Pain Scale (EDPS), a pain scale built into a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device. One hundred patients in an outpatient physiotherapy (PT) clinic participated (mean age 41.30 years, SD 13.95). Before and after a PT treatment, subjects rated their current pain intensity with the EDPS, a visual analogue scale, a numerical pain rating scale, and the McGill Pain Questionnaire's Present Pain Intensity. The results showed relatively high significant correlations between the EDPS and each of the other pain scales.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Electric Stimulation Therapy / instrumentation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microcomputers
  • Musculoskeletal System / physiopathology
  • Pain / physiopathology
  • Pain Management*
  • Pain Measurement / instrumentation
  • Pain Measurement / methods*
  • Physical Therapy Modalities / instrumentation
  • Reproducibility of Results