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- Title
Multidimensional Pain Inventory-Screening Chinese version (MPI-sC): psychometric testing in terminal cancer patients in Taiwan.
- Authors
Lai YH; Guo SL; Keefe FJ; Tsai LY; Shun SC; Liao YC; Li IF; Liu CP; Lee YH; Lai, Yeur-Hur; Guo, Shu-Liu; Keefe, Francis J; Tsai, Li-Yun; Shun, Shiow-Ching; Liao, Yu-Chien; Li, In-Fun; Liu, Ching-Ping; Lee, Yun-Hsiang
- Abstract
<bold>Introduction: </bold>Cancer pain is identified as a multidimensional experience, but relatively few brief instruments are available for assessing the complex pain-related experiences of terminal cancer patients in Taiwan. The purposes of this study were to (1) translate and examine the feasibility and psychometric characteristics of the eight-item Multidimensional Pain Inventory-Screening Chinese (MPI-sC) when used with patients having terminal cancer and (2) apply the MPI-sC to examine multidimensional pain-related experiences of terminal cancer patients in Taiwan.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>The MPI-sC was tested in 106 terminal cancer inpatients at a hospice setting in Taipei.<bold>Results: </bold>The results showed that the MPI-sC has satisfactory face and content validity, feasibility, acceptable internal consistency reliability (overall Cronbach's alpha of 0.75), and overall support of theoretical assumptions. However, instead of the four-factor structure of the original instrument, we found a three-factor structure (with pain intensity and pain interference merged into one factor) that explained 76.73% of the variance. Close to half the patients (48.1%) had considerable levels of pain interference, and a majority (72.6%) reported not having control in life based on the cut-point of MPI-sC categorization.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Our results support the brief MPI-sC as a feasible and valid tool for assessing and representing multidimensional pain experiences in terminal cancer patients. The MPI-sC could help clinicians and researchers assess the complex multidimensional pain experiences of terminal cancer patients, including Chinese-speaking cancer populations.
- Publication
Supportive Care in Cancer, 2009, Vol 17, Issue 12, p1445
- ISSN
0941-4355
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00520-009-0597-3