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Painful Memories: Reliability of Pain Intensity Recall at 3 Months in Senior Patients.
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Pain research & management [Pain Res Manag] 2017; Vol. 2017, pp. 5983721. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Feb 02. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Background. Validity of pain recall is questioned in research. Objective. To evaluate the reliability of pain intensity recall for seniors in an emergency department (ED). Methods. This study was part of a prospective multicenter project for seniors (≥65 years old) treated in an ED for minor traumatic injury. Pain intensity (0-10 numerical rating scale) was evaluated at the initial ED visit, at one week (baseline), and 3 months. At three months, patients were asked to recall the pain intensity they had at baseline. Results. 482 patients were interviewed (mean age 76.6 years, SD ± 7.3) and 72.8% were female. Intraclass correlation coefficient between pain at baseline and its recall was 0.24 (95% CI: 0.14-0.33). Senior patients tended to overestimate their pain intensity by a mean of 1.2 (95% CI: 0.9-1.5) units. A stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that the variance of baseline pain recall at 3 months was explained by pain at ED visit (11%), pain at 3 months (7%), and pain at baseline (2%). Conclusion. The accuracy of pain intensity recall after three months is poor in seniors and seems to be influenced by the pain experienced at the time of injury.<br />Competing Interests: The authors have no conflict of interests to disclose.
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1918-1523
- Volume :
- 2017
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Pain research & management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28260963
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/5983721