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Psychometric Testing of the Spanish Version of the Pain Level Outcome Scale in Hospitalized Patients With Acute Pain
Author(s) -
BellidoVallejo José C.,
RodríguezTorres María C.,
LópezMedina Isabel M.,
PancorboHidalgo Pedro L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of nursing knowledge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2047-3095
pISSN - 2047-3087
DOI - 10.1111/2047-3095.12070
Subject(s) - observational study , kappa , medicine , scale (ratio) , physical therapy , psychometrics , psychometric testing , internal consistency , clinical psychology , psychology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
Purpose This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties and sensitivity to change of the S panish version of the P ain L evel Outcome Scale. Methods This article applied observational longitudinal validation study with patients suffering from acute pain at three hospitals. Findings The study included 73 patients. Inter‐rater agreement was kappa = .88 and internal consistency α = .93. Principal components analysis yielded four components that explained 81.86% of the variance; the correlation with the N umerical P ain I ntensity S cale was r = −.81. Conclusions The version with 17 indicators shows good psychometric properties and adequate sensitivity to change. A S panish version of the Pain Level Outcome Scale with 17 indicators is proposed as a structured multidimensional instrument to help nurses choose the most appropriate indicators for assessing patients’ pain.