Development of the Geop-Pain questionnaire for multidisciplinary assessment of pain sensitivity.
10.4097/kjae.2016.69.5.492
- Author:
Sung Hwan CHO
1
;
Su Hwan KO
;
Mi Soon LEE
;
Bon Sung KOO
;
Joon Ho LEE
;
Sang Hyun KIM
;
Won Seok CHAE
;
Hee Cheol JIN
;
Jeong Seok LEE
;
Yong Ik KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea. singaring@schmc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Anxiety;
Catastrophization;
Korean language;
Multidisciplinary;
Surveys and questionnaires
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
Catastrophization;
Korea;
Pain Measurement;
Reproducibility of Results;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2016;69(5):492-505
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: To assess the multidisciplinary aspects of pain, various self-rating questionnaires have been developed, but there have not been sufficient relevant studies on this topic in South Korea. The aim of this study was to develop a new pain sensitivity-related questionnaire in the Korean language that would be simple and would well reflect Koreans' senses. METHODS: A new pain assessment questionnaire was developed through a pre-survey on "geop", which is the Korean word expressing fear, anxiety, or catastrophizing. We named the new assessment questionnaire the Geop-Pain Questionnaire (GPQ). The GPQ was composed of 15 items divided into three categories and rated on a 5-point scale. As a preliminary study, internal consistency and test-retest reliability analyses were conducted. Subsequently, 109 individuals completed the GPQ along with three pain-related questionnaires translated into Korean (Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire [PSQ], Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale [PASS], and Pain Catastrophizing Scale [PCS]), and the correlations were analyzed. RESULTS: All items in the GPQ showed appropriate internal consistency, and the test-retest reliability analysis showed no statistically significant differences. The correlations between the GPQ and the existing questionnaires revealed that the GPQ scores had mid-positive correlations with the PSQ scores and strong positive correlations with the PASS and PCS scores. CONCLUSIONS: This study attempted to develop a questionnaire assessing pain sensitivity multidimensionally using the Korean word geop for the first time. The self-rating GPQ showed high correlations with the existing questionnaires and demonstrated potential to be utilized as a pain prediction index in clinical practice.
