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Confirmatory factor analysis of the Korean version of the short-form McGill pain questionnaire with chronic pain patients: a comparison of alternative models

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Title
Confirmatory factor analysis of the Korean version of the short-form McGill pain questionnaire with chronic pain patients: a comparison of alternative models
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, February 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12955-014-0195-z
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Sun Ah Choi, ChongNak Son, Jang-Han Lee, Sungkun Cho

Abstract

The Short Form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) is the most widely used assessment of the quality and intensity of pain. In previous validation studies, the factor structure of the SF-MPQ varied widely from various two-factor structures to a five-factor structure, although research on the SF-MPQ quite consistently supports its two-factor structure (i.e., sensory and affective) across different countries and languages. In Korea, the results of exploratory factor analysis of a Korea version of SF-MPQ (KSF-MPQ) showed 2-factor structure consisting of 'sensory' and 'affective' excluding two items such as splitting and heavy. As an attempt to further validate the KSF-MPQ, the purpose of this study was to confirm whether the KSF-MPQ model is an appropriate model for chronic pain patients in Korea by comparing several alternative models of the SF-MPQ. A total of 150 chronic pain patients seeking treatment in Seoul, Korea, participated and completed the KSF-MPQ. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to evaluate the adequacy of the KSF-MPQ model and several alternative models. The results indicated that the adjusted KSF-MPQ model showed the best fit to the data among the models in chronic pain patients in Korea. The results showed the KSF-MPQ is cross-culturally equivalent to the original questionnaire. Thus, the KSF-MPQ is valid measurement for assessing the quality and intensity of pain to chronic pain patients and may be helpful in clinical and research settings in Korea.

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Indonesia 1 4%
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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 33%
Student > Bachelor 4 17%
Student > Postgraduate 3 13%
Other 2 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 4 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 17%
Psychology 4 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 8%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 4%
Other 5 21%
Unknown 4 17%
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