Construct and Criterion-Based Validity of Brief Pain Coping Scales in Persons with Chronic Knee Osteoarthritis Pain

摘要

ObjectivesA recent trend in clinical practice is to adopt short screening and diagnostic self-report instruments for patients with chronic pain. Brief 2-item pain coping and beliefs measures have recently been developed and have potential to improve decision making in clinical practice. Our study examined the construct and criterion-based validity of the 2-item per scale version of the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ).