Reliable assessment of pain behaviour in adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: The development of an instruction protocol.

Annemieke Enninga Aly Waninge Wendy J Post Annette A J van der Putten

Published in: Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID (2023)

Calibrating and adjustments to the instructions and item set appeared to be crucial to reliably score 12 items in adults with PIMD. Further research should focus on creating an assessment instrument based on these reliably scored items.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
randomized controlled trial
neuropathic pain
intellectual disability
patient reported outcomes
psychometric properties
autism spectrum disorder
spinal cord