Gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualit�t bei Patienten mit chronischen Schmerzen
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Aims An empirical comparison of the performance characteristics of 3 generic health-related quality of life (HRQL) measures in pain patients. Methods The Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), and the German Life Satisfaction Scale (FLZ-M) by Henrich et al. were simultaneously employed in a multicenter survey measuring the impact of pain on quality of life. The HRQL- instruments were incorporated into the German Pain Questionnaire (pain variables, CES-D, Pain Disability Index). Results Characteristics of 3294 pain patients of 13 pain facilities are detailed in tables 1-3. Six of the 8 SF-36- and 4 of the 6 NHP-scales show satisfactory item-total correlations, bottom- and ceiling-effects, and internal consistency. FLZ-M reliabilities are satisfactory. The item weighting procedure of the FLZ-M proves to be unnecessary. Principle component analyses result in 7 factors for the SF-36 and the NHP. Six of the SF-36-factors are fairly homogeneous. The heterogeneity of the NHP- factors is marked. Correlations of the HRQL scales with depression (CES-D), anxiety (STAI) and physical functioning (FFbH-R-18) are high in all related contents. All instruments discriminate well between headache and back pain patients, between several pain grades (v. Korff) and the 3 Mainz pain chronicity stages. Conclusions The SF-36 has satisfactory to good psychometric properties in pain patients, the NHP item selection has to be improved. The F…
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The severity of chronic pain demonstrated significant correlation with psychological impairment, depression, disability, and time off work.
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- Authors
- Gerbershagen, H. U., Lindena, G., Korb, J., & Kramer, S.
- Affiliations
- Mundipharma (Germany) (DE)
- Venue
- Der Schmerz
- Published
- 2002-06-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 271-284
- ISSN
- 0932-433X (ISSN-L)
- 1432-2129
- OpenAlex
- W115906330
- Cited by
- 91
- References
- 36
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- FWCI
- 1.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- de
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Der Schmerz (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Keywords
- health-related quality of life, chronic pain, Nottingham Health Profile, SF-36, psychometric properties, item-total correlation, factor structure, headache, back pain, pain intensity, pain chronicity, depression, anxiety, physical function, role functioning
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Chronic Disease, Female, Germany, Health Status, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pain, Pain Measurement, Pilot Projects, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Socioeconomic Factors, Reproducibility of Results
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