Citation

Gardashkhani S, Imani Khangah N, Ebrahimi Belil F. J. Burn Care Res. 2023; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, American Burn Association, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1093/jbcr/irad011

PMID

36723910

Abstract

Pain is the most important factor that forces patients to seek help from health care systems. Burn injuries are associated with severe pain and the assessment and interventions are a focus of nursing care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the revised short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire in burn patients. The present study is a methodological study in which 153 burn patients were included by convenience sampling. To evaluate the psychometric properties of the 22-item revised McGill Pain Questionnaire, face validity, construct validity (exploratory factor analysis) and reliability were determined by Cronbach's Alpha coefficient and split-half method. Data analysis was performed using SPSS22.0 software. During the quantitative face validity test, 4 items were removed from the instrument due to the impact score of less than 1.5 by burn patients. The results of exploratory factor analysis showed 5 factors (emotional, neuropathic, continuous, stimulatory, and shooting), which explained 72.32% of the total variance. The overall Cronbach's instrument was 0.836 and the coefficient obtained by the split-half method was 0.81. According to the validity and reliability, the 18-item McGill Pain Questionnaire obtained in the present study can be used to assess pain in Persian-speaking adult burn patients.

Language: en

Keywords

reliability; Burn; psychometric properties; Validity; Pain; revised McGill Pain Questionnaire