Behavioral Indicators of Pain:Tool Development With Concurrent and Construct Validity

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00208052

02-11-1-1EE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the pilot study is to validate an assesment tool to be used in the assessment of pain in the verbal, congitively intact patient. The ultimate goal is to be able to validate this tool in the non-verbal/cognitively impaired patient.

Full description

Patinets will be observed for 2 six hour periods. Patients will be videotaped; every 10 minutes: EMG reading will be obtained; hourly - vital signs, pain score and saliva cortisol from "spit" will be obtained.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• In-patients with Pain diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to talk and or understand basic instructions
• Under age 18 or over age 75
• Receiving pain medications regularly