Analyzing Pain Measurement in Burn Patients
Author Information
Author(s): Mason Shawn T. PhD, Arceneaux Lisa L. PsyD, Abouhassan William MD, Lauterbach Dean PhD, Seebach Caryn MS, Fauerbach James A. PhD
Primary Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hypothesis
Is the factor structure of the Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire consistent with the theoretic pain constructs it purports to measure in burn patients?
Conclusion
The study confirmed the viability of a 2-factor structure for the Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire among burn patients, with the 2-factor MSF-MPQ model being the best fitting.
Supporting Evidence
- The study involved 338 burn patients who met specific criteria for major burn injury.
- Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the 2-factor MSF-MPQ model had the best fit for the data.
- Most participants were male and Caucasian, with a significant portion requiring surgical intervention.
Takeaway
This study looked at how well a pain questionnaire works for burn patients and found that a simpler version of the questionnaire is really good at measuring pain.
Methodology
The study used confirmatory factor analysis to evaluate the factor structure of the Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire in burn patients.
Limitations
The study could not directly compare several competing models due to the nature of nonnested factor models and lacked information on previous pain history.
Participant Demographics
Participants were mostly male (70.1%), Caucasian (63.4%), with an average age of 41.25 years.
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