OBJECTIVE To describe the translation and cultural adaptation of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire into Brazilian Portuguese, and verifies the reliability and validity of this new version. METHODS A cross-cultural adaptation of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire was performed using the following steps: translation, bac...

Objective: To assess the performance of a shortened version of the Rose angina questionnaire focusing on exertional chest pain. Methods: Cross sectional analysis of 3987 women aged 60 to 79 years from 23 British towns. The performances of definite Rose angina (using data from the full Rose angina questionnaire) and exertional chest pain (using data from a subset of three questions from the Rose...

PURPOSE To evaluate the diagnostic value of the Korean version of the Douleur Neuropathique 4 (DN4) questionnaire and to validate this questionnaire in terms of psychometric properties in patients with chronic pain due to degenerative spinal disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Korean version of the DN4 questionnaire, which was translated and linguistically validated by the MAPI Research Group,...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate validity and reliability of the Thai version of the Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI-T) in Thai patients with neuropathic pain. Although the Thai version of Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI-T) has been linguistically validated, the tool has to be psychometrically validated before applying to neuropathic pain patients in daily pract...

Introduction The distinction between pain at rest and pain evoked by touch or movement has important clinical implications and may be associated with different mechanisms. However, current methods of clinical pain assessment pay little attention to directly distinguishing between these contrasting components of symptom burden. Objectives We developed the 10-item "Functional Impact of Neuropat...

OBJECTIVE To assess the performance of a shortened version of the Rose angina questionnaire focusing on exertional chest pain. METHODS Cross sectional analysis of 3987 women aged 60 to 79 years from 23 British towns. The performances of definite Rose angina (using data from the full Rose angina questionnaire) and exertional chest pain (using data from a subset of three questions from the Rose...

OBJECTIVE To validate the Thai version of the Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire. MATERIAL AND METHOD The questionnaire was translated into Thai version by two translators and some statements were adapted Back translation was performed by a language professional. The content validity was evaluated by five experts in physical medicine and rehabilitation field. The scores were calc...

Objective The role of self-conscious emotions (SCEs) including shame, guilt, humiliation, embarrassment and pride are of increasing interest within health. Yet little is known about SCEs in the experience of chronic pain. This study explored the prevalence and experience of SCEs in chronic pain patients compared to controls and assessed the relationship between SCEs and disability in pain patie...

OBJECTIVE The "psychic healing" ability of a well-known Australian psychic was subjected to a televised experimental test. METHODS Twenty volunteers suffering from chronic pain were recruited by newspaper advertisements. Half were randomly assigned to the treatment or control condition using a double-blind procedure. RESULTS Comparison of pre- and posttreatment McGill Pain Questionnaire rat...

BACKGROUND Chronic pain is known to be very common in the community. Less is known about the epidemiology of more significant or severe chronic pain. The impact of chronic pain in the community, in terms of general health, employment and interference with daily activity, has not been quantified. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and distribution in the community ...