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ASSESSMENT OF PERCEIVED DIFFICULTY OF SELF-REPORT PAIN INSTRUMENTS BY CZECH PATIENTS WITH STROKE

Autoři: Mandysová Petra

Rok: 2019

Druh publikace: ostatní - přednáška nebo poster

Strana od-do: nestránkováno

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eng	ASSESSMENT OF PERCEIVED DIFFICULTY OF SELF-REPORT PAIN INSTRUMENTS BY CZECH PATIENTS WITH STROKE	Background and aims: Pain is common in patients with stroke. However, their ability to report pain may be compromised due to various cognitive problems. Furthermore, only a limited number of evidence-based self-report pain instruments are available in the Czech language. The Czech version of the Revised Iowa Pain Thermometer (IPT-R-CZ) is a newly translated instrument intended for use in the Czech clinical practice. The aim was to determine how difficult it is for Czech stroke patients to use the IPT-R-CZ, the Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R), and the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), based on their subjective ranking. Methods: Fifty-four Czech patients with acute stroke were enrolled; the inclusion criteria included ability to cooperate. The patients assessed their pain using three pain intensity instruments: the IPT-R-CZ, FPS-R, and NRS, and ranked them in order of difficulty (#1 = the least difficult instrument). Results: Overall, the IPT-R was ranked first most frequently (24 cases). Similarly, the IPT-R was ranked first most frequently from the viewpoint of most of the examined demographic and clinical parameters (age, gender, educational level, side of brain lesion). However, among patients with an abnormal cognitive screening result, the FPS-R obtained the highest ranking most frequently. Conclusions: The patients found it feasible to self-report pain intensity. Most frequently, the IPT-R-CZ was perceived as the least difficult instrument. Therefore, it can be recommended for use by Czech stroke patients who are cognitively intact. The instrument could be translated into other languages and its use by stroke patients could be explored.	ASSESSMENT; PERCEIVED DIFFICULTY; SELF-REPORT PAIN INSTRUMENTS; STROKE