A fájdalom intenzitását mérő skálák összehasonlítása ágyéki gerincfájdalommal élők körében | Comparison of pain intensity measurements among patients with low-back pain

Nagy, Zoltán and Kiss, Nóra and Szigeti, Mátyás and Áfra, Judit and Lekka, Norbert and Misik, Ferenc and Mucsi, István and Banczerowski, Péter (2024) A fájdalom intenzitását mérő skálák összehasonlítása ágyéki gerincfájdalommal élők körében | Comparison of pain intensity measurements among patients with low-back pain. IDEGGYOGYASZATI SZEMLE / CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE, 77 (3-4). pp. 131-135. ISSN 0019-1442

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Abstract

Pain intensity is the most frequently assessed health domain in clinical studies among patients with low-back pain. Visual analogue scale (VAS) and Numeric rating scale (NRS) have been the mostly used measurement tools for pain intensity. We proposed to correlate these instruments to a generic health-related quality of life measurement tool in order to show the scale with superior clinical relevance..We used cross-sectional, convenience sampling. 120 patients with chronic low-back pain administered the 29-item Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Profile with NRS included, and the VAS scale in the National Institute of Mental Health, Neurology and Neurosurgery. We determined the correlation between PROMIS domain T-scores and VAS and NRS scores..We performed Spearman rank correlation test to calculate the correlation coefficient. We found VAS scales measuring pain had weak to moderate correlations with all PROMIS health domains (r = 0.24–0.55). Therefore, we compared correlation of PROMIS domain scores with PROMIS pain intensity numeric rating scale and VAS scales. PROMIS domains had moderate to strong correlations with pain intensity scale (r = 0.45–0.71). PROMIS physical function short form [r = –0.65, 95% CI (–0.75) – (–0.55)] and PROMIS pain interference short form (r = 0.71, 95% CI 0.63 – 0.79) had the strongest correlation with pain intensity item..NRS has showed greater correlation with PROMIS domain T-scores than VAS scale. This may prove that NRS has greater connection to another health domains, thus it correlated more to health-related quality of life than visual scale. We recommend NRS to use in further clinical studies conducted among patients with low-back pain. | Background and purpose – Pain intensity is the most frequently assessed health do- main in clinical studies among patients with low-back pain. Visual analogue scale (VAS) and Numeric rating scale (NRS) have been the mostly used measurement tools for pain intensity. We proposed to correlate these instruments to a generic health-related qual- ity of life measurement tool in order to show the scale with superior clinical relevance. Methods – We used cross-sectional, convenience sampling. 120 patients with chronic low-back pain administered the 29- item Patient Reported Outcomes Measure- ment Information System Profile with NRS included, and the VAS scale in the National Institute of Mental Health, Neurology and Neurosurgery. We determined the correla- tion between PROMIS domain T-scores and VAS and NRS scores. Results – We performed Spearman rank correlation test to calculate the correlation coefficient. We found VAS scales measuring pain had weak to moderate correlations with all PROMIS health domains (r = 0.24–0.55). Therefore, we compared correlation of PROMIS domain scores with PROMIS pain in- tensity numeric rating scale and VAS scales. PROMIS domains had moderate to strong correlations with pain intensity scale (r =0.45–0.71). PROMIS physical function short form [r = –0.65, 95% CI (–0.75) – (–0.55)] and PROMIS pain interference short form (r = 0.71, 95% CI 0.63 – 0.79) had the strongest correlation with pain intensity item. Conclusion – NRS has showed greater correlation with PROMIS domain T-scores than VAS scale. This may prove that NRS has greater connection to another health domains, thus it correlated more to health- related quality of life than visual scale. We recommend NRS to use in further clinical studies conducted among patients with low- back pain.

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