BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to develop and validate the overall benefit of analgesic score (OBAS), which assesses pain intensity and the opioid-related adverse effects. METHODS The score was developed and validated in four trials (n=1470 patients). Data from randomized trial I were used to develop the OBAS (factor analysis). Data from randomized trial II were used to compare the res...

background and objectives: this study aimed to validate the west haven-yale multidimensional pain inventory (whympi) for iranian patients with chronic pain. methods: 585 patients with chronic pain in legs, back, hands, neck and shoulders were entered into this study. the west haven-yale multidimensional pain inventory (whympi) was used for assessment of pain in these patients. for validation of...

OBJECTIVES Patients undergoing major surgery often require several days of postoperative analgesia. However, few data exist on the longitudinal course of postoperative pain and the psychometric properties of pain assessment tools used in this setting. Our objective was to validate use of the modified Brief Pain Inventory through reanalysis of pain data from a multiple-dose, placebo-controlled, ...

Capitalizing on existing IT investments, INTEGRIS Health, a 15-hospital system in Oklahoma, is applying business process integration (BPI) methodology and technology to leverage legacy systems and staff resources. The resulting project uses manual (human) and system tasks to compare real-time information across systems to eliminate preventable adverse drug events caused by medication ordering e...

BACKGROUND Pain is one of the most frequent and deleterious symptoms for patients with advanced cancer. Pain assessment is important because it is used for detecting severity of disease and the response to treatment. To provide the adequate treatment for pain relief in cancer patients, an assessment tool should be used for pain evaluation. Moreover, suitable tools for pain evaluation should be ...

BACKGROUND The Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) is recommended as a pain measurement tool by the Expert Working Group of the European Association of Palliative Care. The BPI is designed to assess both pain severity and interference with functions caused by pain. The purpose of this study was to investigate if pain interference items are influenced by other factors than pain. METHODS We asked adult ...