Evaluating pain in survivors of critical illness: the correlation between the EQ-5D-5L and the Brief Pain Inventory.

Christie DochertyMartin ShawPhilip HendersonTara QuasimPamela MacTavishHelen DevinePeter O'BrienLaura StrachanPhil LucieLucy HoggMalcolm SimJoanne Michelle McPeake

Published in: BMJ open respiratory research (2023)

The pain and discomfort question of the EQ-5D-5L correlates moderately well with a more detailed pain tool and may help to streamline assessments in survivorship studies. More in-depth tools may be of use where pain is the primary study outcome or a patient-reported concern.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
patient reported
spinal cord
postoperative pain
case control
childhood cancer