Identification and validation of Brazilian chronic pain descriptors.
Pain Manag Nurs
; 10(2): 85-93.e3, 2009 Jun.
Article
em En
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| ID: mdl-19481047
Appropriate pain assessment is very important for managing chronic pain. Given the cultural differences in verbally expressing pain and in psychosocial problems, specific tools are needed. The goal of this study was to identify and validate Brazilian pain descriptors. A purposive sample of health professionals and chronic pain patients was recruited. Four studies were conducted using direct and indirect psychophysical methods: category estimation, magnitude estimation, and magnitude estimation and line-length. Results showed the descriptors which best describe chronic pain in Brazilian culture and demonstrated that there is not a significant correlation between patients and health professionals and that the psychophysical scale of judgment of pain descriptors is valid, stable, and consistent. Results reinforced that the translations of word descriptors and research tools into another language may be inappropriate, owing to differences in perception and communication and the inadequacy of exact translations to reflect the intended meaning. Given the complexity of the chronic pain, personal suffering involved, and the need for accurate assessment of chronic pain using descriptors stemming from Brazilian culture and language, it is essential to investigate the most adequate words to describe chronic pain. Although it requires more refinement, the Brazilian chronic pain descriptors can be used further to develop a multidimensional pain assessment tool that is culturally sensitive.
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Coleções:
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dor
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Semântica
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Índice de Gravidade de Doença
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Medição da Dor
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Atitude Frente a Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pain Manag Nurs
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOFISIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos