Validation of the Pain Coping Questionnaire in Finnish

Marttinen, Maiju; Santavirta, Nina; Kauppi, M.; Pohjankoski, Heini; Vuorimaa, Hanna

doi:10.1002/ejp.1187

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“…7 The commonly used research design such as retrospective studies could not generate specific causal models to guide pain research. Furthermore, factors such as socioeconomic status, 8 gender, [9][10][11] and coping mechanisms, 12 moderating or mediating the relationship between interventions and treatment outcomes of pain, should be considered in investigations.…”

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A Longitudinal Analysis of Total Pain Scores for a Panel of Patients Treated by Pain Clinics

Wan

Gurupur

Patel

2019

Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology

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Background: There is a critical necessity to identify psychometric properties of the total pain score as a measurement of pain management effectiveness in the clinic. Purpose: In this article, we perform the analysis of the global pain scores from a panel of patients treated by 10 pain management physicians in a single group practice. Basic Procedures: The pain measurement consists of 4 pain subscales, namely physical pain, emotions, clinical outcome, and activities. A panel of 130 patients with 4 pain measurements is available to perform longitudinal analysis of the total pain scores. The analysis includes the following: (1) confirmatory factor analysis of the global pain scores with 4 related dimensions, (2) the stability of the pain scores between 2 clinical visits, (3) the change trajectories of pain scores in 4 waves of the pain measurement, and (4) the detection of physician variability in patients’ treatment outcomes measured by the reduction of total pain scores. Main Findings: The global pain scores were relatively stable between time 1 and time 2 clinical visits. The analysis indicated that there was a decrease in pain with longitudinal advancement in treatment. It also indicated that there was no significant change in this improvement with respect to difference in physicians involved in providing treatment. Principal Conclusion: While the results indicated a decrease in pain with an alleviation in treatment provided to the patient, the article delineates a well-thought scientific approach to the targeted problem.

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A Longitudinal Analysis of Total Pain Scores for a Panel of Patients Treated by Pain Clinics

Wan

Gurupur

Patel

2019

Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology

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“…7 A child or adolescent's choice of coping strategies can have beneficial or detrimental effects on their overall well-being. Adaptive coping strategies, such as information seeking, 4 , 39 may lessen negative physical and mental consequences of chronic pain in childhood 8 ; whereas avoidant coping, passive coping, or catastrophizing about the pain is associated with elevated psychological distress, 11 , 27 , 28 , 38 a more intense pain experience, 20 , 43 , 47 and increased functional disability. 10 , 21 , 31 …”

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“…The factor structure of the PCQ has been found to be reliable across clinical and nonclinical samples, in various languages, and between child and parent ratings. 19,27,37,46 Moreover, convergent validity has been established with pain intensity, duration, controllability, pain coping effectiveness, pain distress, and anxiety. 37 Research using the PCQ now includes many diverse pediatric pain samples (eg, sickle cell disease, lupus, juvenile idiopathic arthritis [JIA], and primary care).…”

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The Pain Coping Questionnaire short-form: preliminary reliability and validity

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Stinson

Chambers

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“…The scale has been validated and modi ed in several countries [15][16][17][18][19][20]. Validation in Finnish was accomplished by Marttinen et al [21]. Although the factor structure and the scale's validity were good, there remained a need to create a corresponding scale for parents.…”

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Pain-coping scale for children and their parents: a cross-sectional study in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and other causes of musculoskeletal pain

Bäckström

Vuorimaa

Tarkiainen

et al. 2022

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Background In a chronic pain-causing disease such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis, the quality of coping with pain is crucial, and parents have a substantial influence on their children’s pain-coping strategies. This study aimed to develop scales for assessing parents’ strategies for coping with their children’s pain and a shorter improved scale for children usable in clinical practice. Methods The number of items in the Finnish version of the pain-coping questionnaire was reduced from 38 to 20. A corresponding scale was created for parental use. We recruited consecutive patients aged 8–16 years who visited a paediatric rheumatology outpatient clinic and reported musculoskeletal pain during the past week. The patients and parents rated the child’s pain on a visual analogue scale from 0 to 100 and completed pain-coping questionnaires and depression inventories. The selection process of pain questionnaire items was performed using factor analyses. Results The study was conducted in nine hospitals evenly distributed throughout Finland. The average (standard deviation) age of the 130 patients was 13.0 (2.3) years; 91 (70%) were girls. Four factors were retained in the new, improved Pain-Coping Scales for children and parents. Both scales had 15 items with 2–5 items/factor. All analytic assumptions of the factor analyses were fulfilled. Conclusions We created a shorter, feasible pain-coping scale for children and a novel scale for caregivers. Both showed good validity and reliability. In clinical work, the pain coping scales may serve as a visualisation of different types of coping resources for paediatric patients with pain and their parents and facilitate the identification of families in need of psychological support.

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Validation of the Pain Coping Questionnaire in Finnish

Cited by 9 publications

References 33 publications

A Longitudinal Analysis of Total Pain Scores for a Panel of Patients Treated by Pain Clinics

A Longitudinal Analysis of Total Pain Scores for a Panel of Patients Treated by Pain Clinics

The Pain Coping Questionnaire short-form: preliminary reliability and validity

Pain-coping scale for children and their parents: a cross-sectional study in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and other causes of musculoskeletal pain

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