• J Pain Symptom Manage · Oct 2017

    Iranian Brief Pain Inventory: Validation and application in elderly people with cancer pain.

    • Mahtab Alizadeh-Khoei, Farshad Sharifi, Mohamad Esmaeil Akbari, Reza Fadayevatan, and Marjan Haghi.
    • Gerontology & Geriatric Department, Medical School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Elderly Health Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: mahtabalizadeh@yahoo.com.
    • J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 Oct 1; 54 (4): 563-569.

    ContextCancer is a major health problem in the elderly, and pain is one of the most common symptoms among older patients with cancer. Sufficient pain treatments depend on the accuracy of the pain assessment tool.ObjectivesThis study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Iranian version of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI-IR) among elderly individuals with cancer.MethodsThis validation study was conducted with 368 people aged 60+ years old who were undergoing oncology treatments. The BPI-IR was applied to the elderly participants through face-to-face interviews. Reliability of the BPI-IR was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and intraclass correlation coefficient between test-retest scores. Criterion validity was determined by calculating the Spearman's correlation coefficient between scores on the BPI-IR and those on the SF-36 physical function, Activities of Daily Living, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression, Patient Pain Questionnaire, and Symptom Distress Scale. Construct validity of the BPI-IR was evaluated using exploratory factor analyses.ResultsCronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to be 0.94, and the intraclass correlation coefficient between twice the BPI-IR scores over two weeks obtained was 0.89. There were moderate-to-high correlations between the BPI-IR and the Patient Pain Questionnaire (r = 0.886), Symptom Distress Scale (r = 0.492), SF-36 physical function (r = 0.554), and Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (r = 0.608). Two factors were extracted in exploratory factor analyses, and they explained 73.86% of total variance.ConclusionThe BPI-IR is a reliable and valid tool for assessing pain among older adults with cancer.Copyright © 2017 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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