Cut-points for the measurement of pain: the choice depends on what you want to study

Pain. 2010 May;149(2):163-164. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.03.013. Epub 2010 Mar 26.

Author

John T Farrar¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Anesthesiology, and Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 423 Guardian Drive, Room 816, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

PMID: 20347224
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.03.013

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MeSH terms

Analgesics / therapeutic use
Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
Clinical Trials as Topic / standards
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Diabetic Neuropathies / drug therapy
Endpoint Determination / methods
Endpoint Determination / standards
Humans
Outcome Assessment, Health Care / methods*
Outcome Assessment, Health Care / standards
Pain / classification*
Pain / diagnosis*
Pain / drug therapy
Pain Measurement / methods*
Pain Measurement / standards
Pregabalin
Quality of Life*
Reproducibility of Results
Self-Assessment
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / analogs & derivatives
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / therapeutic use

Substances

Analgesics
Pregabalin
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid