作者: Abha Saxena , Tito Mendoza , Charles S. Cleeland
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(98)00104-3
关键词: Clinical psychology 、 Pain assessment 、 Medical prescription 、 Test validity 、 Construct validity 、 Hindi 、 Brief Pain Inventory 、 MEDLINE 、 Medicine 、 Cancer pain 、 Physical therapy
摘要: The status of pain treatment for cancer patients in India is largely undocumented. Although many languages and dialects are spoken throughout the country, millions persons North speak Hindi. This project developed validated a Hindi version Brief Pain Inventory (BPI-H), short measure interference that has been shown to be relatively free cultural or linguistic influences. In validation process, we were able administer both English versions BPI sample bilingual (Hindi English) patients. very similar their psychometric properties, supporting reliability construct validity version. As with other language BPI, factor analysis BPI-H items results severity subscales. We followed an examination management major northern Indian center, based on 200 who spoke only Using conservative analgesic prescription adequacy (the Management Index), three-fourths Hindi-speaking this study inadequately treated by World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. encourage development forms India, use instrument studies epidemiology pain.