Open AccessA card sort method for pain assessment in gynaecology: A multidimensional approach
Author(s) -
Reading A. E.,
Reed Christine,
Newton J. R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347909154925
Subject(s) - medicine , test (biology) , reliability (semiconductor) , relevance (law) , sort , measure (data warehouse) , meaning (existential) , physical therapy , data mining , computer science , psychotherapist , information retrieval , psychology , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law , biology
. This paper considers the problem of measuring the subjective report of pain. In view of the limitations of existing approaches an alternative method of pain assessment is proposed. This approach derives from a multidimensional concept of pain. The test is in the form of pair comparisons and is designed to measure different pain dimensions. Sufficient consensus was found over the meaning and relevance of words describing intrauterine device related pain and primary dysmenorrhoea to allow a standard test to be developed. The reliability of the test was found to be high and its clinical advantages promising. It was not possible to provide an adequate evaluation of the tesťs validity. In view of these findings a longer‐term treatment evaluation study is currently being undertaken in order to establish this.