• Stephen F Butler, Kevin L Zacharoff, Simon H Budman, Robert N Jamison, Ryan Black, Rebecca Dawsey, and Adrianne Ondarza.
• Inflexxion, Inc, Newton, Massachusetts 02464, USA. sfbutler@inflexxion.com
• Pain Med. 2013 Jul 1;14(7):1032-8.

IntroductionGiven the increase in misuse and abuse of prescription opioids, clinicians clearly benefit from a standardized tool to screen patients being considered for chronic opioid therapy. The Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain-Revised (SOAPP-R) is a widely used opioid risk assessment tool in clinical practice. As one third of the US population experiences chronic noncancer pain at any given time, and the Hispanic population now accounts for about 16% of the nation's population, the availability of a Spanish-language SOAPP-R fills an important clinical need.ObjectiveTo derive a linguistically validated Spanish-language version of the SOAPP®-R.MethodEach step of Spanish translation and linguistic validation of the SOAPP-R was based on the US Food and Drug Administration and the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research translation process.ResultA linguistically validated Spanish-language version of the SOAPP-R.ConclusionThe Spanish SOAPP-R may be useful as a risk assessment tool, considered along with other clinical information, by clinicians who prescribe opioid therapy for patients whose preferred language is Spanish.Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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