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Development and Initial Validation of the PEG, a Three-item Scale Assessing Pain Intensity and Interference

2009; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 24; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s11606-009-0981-1

1525-1497

Erin E. Krebs, Karl Lorenz, Matthew J. Bair, Teresa M. Damush, Jingwei Wu, Jason M. Sutherland, Steven M. Asch, Kurt Kroenke,

Pediatric Pain Management Techniques

Inadequate pain assessment is a barrier to appropriate pain management, but single-item "pain screening" provides limited information about chronic pain. Multidimensional pain measures such as the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) are widely used in pain specialty and research settings, but are impractical for primary care. A brief and straightforward multidimensional pain measure could potentially improve initial assessment and follow-up of chronic pain in primary care.