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Assessment of the face validity of two pain scales in Kenya: a validation study using cognitive interviewing

BACKGROUND: Patients in sub-Saharan Africa commonly experience pain, which often is un-assessed and undertreated. One hindrance to routine pain assessment in these settings is the lack of a single-item pain rating scale validated for the particular context. The goal of this study was to examine the...

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Autores principales: Huang, Kristin TL, Owino, Claudio, Vreeman, Rachel C, Hagembe, Mildred, Njuguna, Festus, Strother, R Matthew, Gramelspacher, Gregory P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3393614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22512923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-11-5