Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Roderick J Finlayson

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• Research Article
  Reliability and Validity of the Thai Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2)
  Author(s): Phakapan Buppha, Nuj Tontisirin, Pawin Numthavaj, Supalak Sakdanuwatwong, Wanida Sodsee and Roderick J Finlayson Phakapan Buppha, Nuj Tontisirin, Pawin Numthavaj, Supalak Sakdanuwatwong, Wanida Sodsee and Roderick J Finlayson
  
  Background: By adding 7 neuropathic pain descriptors, the Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2) enables clinicians to assess not only nociceptive pain but also neuropathic pain and presents an improvement over the first version (SF-MPQ). Unfortunately, no Thai language version of this new tool was available, we therefore undertook to create and validate one. Materials and methods: The translation included the following steps: 1) forward translation: English to Thai, 2) backward translation: Thai to English, 3) testing on patients 4) proof-reading and finalization. Adults suffering from cancer or non-cancer chronic pain completed Thai SF-MPQ and Thai SF-MPQ-2 during 2 separate visits 30 hours apart. Reliability was evaluated by assessing internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Three types of validity were investigated, including concurrent, construct and convergen.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000650

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