Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Widespread Pain Index and the Symptom Severity Scale in youth with painful conditions

Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Widespread Pain Index and the Symptom Severity Scale in youth with painful conditions

Background: Assessing features of centralized pain may prove to be clinically meaningful in pediatric populations. However, we are currently limited by the lack of validated pediatric measures. Aim: We examined the psychometric properties of the Widespread Pain Index (WPI) and Symptom Severity (SS)...

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Main Authors: Joanne Dudeney, Emily F. Law, Alagumeena Meyyappan, Tonya M. Palermo, Jennifer A. Rabbitts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Pain
Subjects:
chronic pain
child
centralized pain
pain distribution
pain location
widespread pain
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2019.1620097

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2019.1620097

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