Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of PainChek® in UK Aged Care Residents with advanced dementia
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to further validate PainChek®, an electronic pain assessment instrument, with a population living with dementia in a UK care home. Method This study utilised a correlational design to evaluate the psychometric properties of PainChek® when compared to the...
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doaj-6de2cc7608cb494d851570f97210949a2021-05-30T11:11:58ZengBMCBMC Geriatrics1471-23182021-05-012111810.1186/s12877-021-02280-0Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of PainChek® in UK Aged Care Residents with advanced dementiaIvana Babicova0Ainslea Cross1Dawn Forman2Jeffery Hughes3Kreshnik Hoti4College of Health, Psychology & Social Care, University of DerbyUniversity of Derby Online Learning, University of DerbyCollege of Health, Psychology & Social Care, University of DerbyCurtin Medical School, Curtin UniversityCurtin Medical School, Curtin UniversityAbstract Background The aim of this study was to further validate PainChek®, an electronic pain assessment instrument, with a population living with dementia in a UK care home. Method This study utilised a correlational design to evaluate the psychometric properties of PainChek® when compared to the Abbey Pain Scale (APS). Blinded paired pain assessments were completed at rest and immediately post-movement by a researcher and a nurse. A total of 22 participants with a diagnosis of moderate-to-severe dementia and a painful condition were recruited using opportunity sampling. Results Overall, 302 paired assessments were collected for 22 participants. Out of these 179 were conducted during rest and 123 were immediately post-movement. The results demonstrated a positive significant correlation between overall PainChek® pain scores and overall APS pain scores (r = 0.818, N = 302, p < .001, one-tailed), satisfactory internal consistency (α = 0.810), moderate single measure intraclass correlation (ICC = 0.680) and substantial inter-rater agreement (κ = 0.719). Conclusions PainChek® has demonstrated to be a valid and reliable instrument to assess the presence and severity of pain in people with moderate-to-severe dementia living in aged care.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02280-0PainChek®dementiapainvalidationobservational pain assessment |
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Ivana Babicova Ainslea Cross Dawn Forman Jeffery Hughes Kreshnik Hoti Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of PainChek® in UK Aged Care Residents with advanced dementia BMC Geriatrics PainChek® dementia pain validation observational pain assessment |
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Ivana Babicova Ainslea Cross Dawn Forman Jeffery Hughes Kreshnik Hoti |
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Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of PainChek® in UK Aged Care Residents with advanced dementia |
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Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of PainChek® in UK Aged Care Residents with advanced dementia |
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Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of PainChek® in UK Aged Care Residents with advanced dementia |
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Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of PainChek® in UK Aged Care Residents with advanced dementia |
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Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of PainChek® in UK Aged Care Residents with advanced dementia |
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evaluation of the psychometric properties of painchek® in uk aged care residents with advanced dementia |
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BMC Geriatrics |
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Abstract Background The aim of this study was to further validate PainChek®, an electronic pain assessment instrument, with a population living with dementia in a UK care home. Method This study utilised a correlational design to evaluate the psychometric properties of PainChek® when compared to the Abbey Pain Scale (APS). Blinded paired pain assessments were completed at rest and immediately post-movement by a researcher and a nurse. A total of 22 participants with a diagnosis of moderate-to-severe dementia and a painful condition were recruited using opportunity sampling. Results Overall, 302 paired assessments were collected for 22 participants. Out of these 179 were conducted during rest and 123 were immediately post-movement. The results demonstrated a positive significant correlation between overall PainChek® pain scores and overall APS pain scores (r = 0.818, N = 302, p < .001, one-tailed), satisfactory internal consistency (α = 0.810), moderate single measure intraclass correlation (ICC = 0.680) and substantial inter-rater agreement (κ = 0.719). Conclusions PainChek® has demonstrated to be a valid and reliable instrument to assess the presence and severity of pain in people with moderate-to-severe dementia living in aged care. |
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PainChek® dementia pain validation observational pain assessment |
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