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A critical evaluation for validation of composite and unidimensional postoperative pain scales in horses

Proper pain therapy requires adequate pain assessment. This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Unesp-Botucatu horse acute pain scale (UHAPS), the Orthopedic Composite Pain Scale (CPS) and unidimensional scales in horses admitted for orthopedic and soft tissue surgery. Forty-two hors...

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Autores principales: Barreto da Rocha, Paula, Driessen, Bernd, McDonnell, Sue M., Hopster, Klaus, Zarucco, Laura, Gozalo-Marcilla, Miguel, Hopster-Iversen, Charlotte, Esteves Trindade, Pedro Henrique, Gonzaga da Rocha, Thamiris Kristine, Taffarel, Marilda Onghero, Alonso, Bruna Bodini, Schauvliege, Stijn, Luna, Stelio Pacca Loureiro
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8341545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34352001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255618
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author Barreto da Rocha, Paula
Driessen, Bernd
McDonnell, Sue M.
Hopster, Klaus
Zarucco, Laura
Gozalo-Marcilla, Miguel
Hopster-Iversen, Charlotte
Esteves Trindade, Pedro Henrique
Gonzaga da Rocha, Thamiris Kristine
Taffarel, Marilda Onghero
Alonso, Bruna Bodini
Schauvliege, Stijn
Luna, Stelio Pacca Loureiro
author_facet Barreto da Rocha, Paula
Driessen, Bernd
McDonnell, Sue M.
Hopster, Klaus
Zarucco, Laura
Gozalo-Marcilla, Miguel
Hopster-Iversen, Charlotte
Esteves Trindade, Pedro Henrique
Gonzaga da Rocha, Thamiris Kristine
Taffarel, Marilda Onghero
Alonso, Bruna Bodini
Schauvliege, Stijn
Luna, Stelio Pacca Loureiro
author_sort Barreto da Rocha, Paula
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description Proper pain therapy requires adequate pain assessment. This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Unesp-Botucatu horse acute pain scale (UHAPS), the Orthopedic Composite Pain Scale (CPS) and unidimensional scales in horses admitted for orthopedic and soft tissue surgery. Forty-two horses were assessed and videotaped before surgery, up to 4 hours postoperatively, up to 3 hours after analgesic treatment, and 24 hours postoperatively (168 video clips). After six evaluators viewing each edited video clip twice in random order at a 20-day interval, they chose whether analgesia would be indicated and applied the Simple Descriptive, Numeric and Visual Analog scales, CPS, and UHAPS. For all evaluators, intra-observer reliability of UHAPS and CPS ranged from 0.70 to 0.97. Reproducibility was variable among the evaluators and ranged from poor to very good for all scales. Principal component analysis showed a weak association among 50% and 62% of the UHAPS and CPS items, respectively. Criterion validity based on Spearman correlation among all scales was above 0.67. Internal consistency was minimally acceptable (0.51–0.64). Item-total correlation was acceptable (0.3–0.7) for 50% and 38% of UHAPS and CPS items, respectively. UHAPS and CPS were specific (90% and 79% respectively), but both were not sensitive (43 and 38%, respectively). Construct validity (responsiveness) was confirmed for all scales because pain scores increased after surgery. The cut-off point for rescue analgesia was ≥ 5 and ≥ 7 for the UHAPS and CPS, respectively. All scales presented adequate repeatability, criterion validity, and partial responsiveness. Both composite scales showed poor association among items, minimally acceptable internal consistency, and weak sensitivity, indicating that they are suboptimal instruments for assessing postoperative pain. Both composite scales require further refinement with the exclusion of redundant or needless items and reduction of their maximum score applied to each item or should be replaced by other tools.
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spelling pubmed-83415452021-08-06 A critical evaluation for validation of composite and unidimensional postoperative pain scales in horses Barreto da Rocha, Paula Driessen, Bernd McDonnell, Sue M. Hopster, Klaus Zarucco, Laura Gozalo-Marcilla, Miguel Hopster-Iversen, Charlotte Esteves Trindade, Pedro Henrique Gonzaga da Rocha, Thamiris Kristine Taffarel, Marilda Onghero Alonso, Bruna Bodini Schauvliege, Stijn Luna, Stelio Pacca Loureiro PLoS One Research Article Proper pain therapy requires adequate pain assessment. This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Unesp-Botucatu horse acute pain scale (UHAPS), the Orthopedic Composite Pain Scale (CPS) and unidimensional scales in horses admitted for orthopedic and soft tissue surgery. Forty-two horses were assessed and videotaped before surgery, up to 4 hours postoperatively, up to 3 hours after analgesic treatment, and 24 hours postoperatively (168 video clips). After six evaluators viewing each edited video clip twice in random order at a 20-day interval, they chose whether analgesia would be indicated and applied the Simple Descriptive, Numeric and Visual Analog scales, CPS, and UHAPS. For all evaluators, intra-observer reliability of UHAPS and CPS ranged from 0.70 to 0.97. Reproducibility was variable among the evaluators and ranged from poor to very good for all scales. Principal component analysis showed a weak association among 50% and 62% of the UHAPS and CPS items, respectively. Criterion validity based on Spearman correlation among all scales was above 0.67. Internal consistency was minimally acceptable (0.51–0.64). Item-total correlation was acceptable (0.3–0.7) for 50% and 38% of UHAPS and CPS items, respectively. UHAPS and CPS were specific (90% and 79% respectively), but both were not sensitive (43 and 38%, respectively). Construct validity (responsiveness) was confirmed for all scales because pain scores increased after surgery. The cut-off point for rescue analgesia was ≥ 5 and ≥ 7 for the UHAPS and CPS, respectively. All scales presented adequate repeatability, criterion validity, and partial responsiveness. Both composite scales showed poor association among items, minimally acceptable internal consistency, and weak sensitivity, indicating that they are suboptimal instruments for assessing postoperative pain. Both composite scales require further refinement with the exclusion of redundant or needless items and reduction of their maximum score applied to each item or should be replaced by other tools. Public Library of Science 2021-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8341545/ /pubmed/34352001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255618 Text en © 2021 Barreto da Rocha et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Barreto da Rocha, Paula
Driessen, Bernd
McDonnell, Sue M.
Hopster, Klaus
Zarucco, Laura
Gozalo-Marcilla, Miguel
Hopster-Iversen, Charlotte
Esteves Trindade, Pedro Henrique
Gonzaga da Rocha, Thamiris Kristine
Taffarel, Marilda Onghero
Alonso, Bruna Bodini
Schauvliege, Stijn
Luna, Stelio Pacca Loureiro
A critical evaluation for validation of composite and unidimensional postoperative pain scales in horses
title A critical evaluation for validation of composite and unidimensional postoperative pain scales in horses
title_full A critical evaluation for validation of composite and unidimensional postoperative pain scales in horses
title_fullStr A critical evaluation for validation of composite and unidimensional postoperative pain scales in horses
title_full_unstemmed A critical evaluation for validation of composite and unidimensional postoperative pain scales in horses
title_short A critical evaluation for validation of composite and unidimensional postoperative pain scales in horses
title_sort critical evaluation for validation of composite and unidimensional postoperative pain scales in horses
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8341545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34352001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255618
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