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Papers: 30 Jul 2022 - 5 Aug 2022

RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


2022 Jul 29


Pain

Development and evaluation of the PROMIS pediatric pain quality item bank and short form.

Authors

Mara CA, Carle AC, Goldschneider KR, Kashikar-Zuck S, Sherry DD, Dampier C, Morgan EM
Pain. 2022 Jul 29.
PMID: 35916736.

Abstract

Pain is a common problem among children, particularly those with pediatric chronic diseases. Multi-faceted assessment of pain can improve communication about pain and help clinicians characterize, differentiate, and treat a patient's unique experience of pain. Pain quality is an important domain of pain, describing the subjective sensory experiences associated with pain as well as the affective experiences of pain. The aim of the current study was to quantitatively evaluate the measurement properties of the 59 PROMIS pediatric pain quality candidate items developed as part of the NIH's PROMIS initiative with input from children and adolescents with chronic pain. Participants included N = 448 pediatric patients between 8 and 18 years of age with chronic health conditions with a prominent component of chronic, or recurrent pain, including juvenile fibromyalgia (JFM), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and sickle cell disease (SCD). A confirmatory factor analysis revealed a unidimensional model fit the data best, with 56 of the 59 items demonstrating good psychometric properties for inclusion in the final measure. Additionally, a consensus-building method was used to establish two versions of a short form measure – one with 8 items focused primarily on the sensory pain qualities and one with 8 items focused on affective pain qualities. The final measure shows good reliability and validity and is recommended for use in research and clinical care with pediatric populations.