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Mental Pain Questionnaire: An item response theory analysis

Svicher, A., Romanazzo, S., De Cesaris, F., Benemei, S., Geppetti, P., Cosci, F.·2019·Journal of Affective Disorders
DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2019.02.030
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Background The Mental Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) is a self-report questionnaire developed to assess mental pain. The aim of the present study was to test the clinimetric properties of the MPQ.Methods A sample of 200 migraine outpatients were enrolled; homogeneity of MPQ was assessed by Mokken Analysis; item-level severity and item-level sensitivity were calculated via Two-Parameter Logistic model; Total Information Function was evaluated to assess reliability of MPQ; internal consistency was calculated via Cronbach's alpha and Sijtsma and Molenaar rho; sensitivity and specificity were assessed via Receiver Operating Characteristic curves.Results The MPQ showed unidimensional factor structure; satisfactory homogeneity of the item and total score, except items 4 ("my pain is everywhere") and 6 ("I cannot understand why I feel this pain"); good discrimination, except item 7 ("I feel empty"); low information provided by items 4, 6, 7; good reliability for mild and high levels of mental pain; poor reliability for low levels of mental pain; acceptable internal consistency; acceptable sensitivity and specificity.Limitations The sample size is barely sufficient to calculate item parameters; it is a monocentric study that enrolled outpatients from a tertiary facility; the study enrolled migraine outpatients not affected by other medical disease.Conclusions The MPQ showed good psychometric properties. Items 4, 6, 7 should be considered with caution when migraine patients are evaluated. A score of at least 3 indicates mental pain clinically relevant, a score of at least 2 indicates distress. These data are preliminary and refer to migraine patients, results might be different in psychiatric populations.

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Authors
Svicher, A., Romanazzo, S., De Cesaris, F., Benemei, S., Geppetti, P., & Cosci, F.
Affiliations
  • University of Florence (IT)
  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (IT)
  • Maastricht University (NL)
Corresponding author
Cosci, F.
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Venue
Journal of Affective Disorders
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-04
Volume
249
Pages
226-233
ISSN
0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jad.2019.02.030
OpenAlex
W2914198671
Cited by
21
References
79
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 4
FWCI
3.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion)
  • Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
psychological suffering, psychometric properties, migraine, item response theory, Mokken analysis, two-parameter logistic model, internal consistency, sensitivity and specificity, questionnaire validation
MeSH terms
Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Migraine Disorders, Pain, Pain Measurement, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sensitivity and Specificity, Reproducibility of Results, Models, Statistical, Self Report

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