Transcultural Validation of the French Version of the Functional Pain Scale "Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale"

NCT05307380 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: VALIDE
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 232
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The project will validate the French translation of the "Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS)" in multiple patient types: postoperative patients, non-surgical patients with chronic pain in the context of geriatrics, palliative care, and rehabilitation

Conditions

Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• construct validity for acute pain

  association (intraclass correlation coefficient) between the pain intensity noted on the functional pain scale and on the classical NRS pain scale.

  immediate after inclusion

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• construct validity for chronic pain

  immediate after inclusion

• Criterion validity: ability to be mobilized

  immediate after inclusion

• Criterion validity : pain intensity considered as tolerable

  immediate after inclusion

• Sensitivity to change

  immediate after inclusion

• Patient and caregiver evaluation of ease of use

  immediate after inclusion

Study Arms (1)

patients with pain

patients with acute postoperative or post-traumatic pain or chronic pain

Diagnostic Test: "functional pain scale"

Interventions

"functional pain scale" DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

French translation of the Defence and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS)

patients with pain

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

* 100 postoperative patients, * 50 ambulatory chronic pain patients * 50 hospitalized patients with non-surgical pain (medical, oncological, rehabilitative, geriatric, palliative), In addition, the following subgroups are planned within the total of 200 patients: * 30 postoperative patients with a pain intensity of at least 4 will receive the functional pain scale twice, before and after an analgesic on-demand treatment. * 30 patients will receive a separate sheet on which they are asked to connect the numeric pain intensity values (0-10) to the word descriptors of the functional pain scale. * 30 patients \>75 years old

You may qualify if:

• Patients with acute or chronic pain, either having undergone painful surgical procedures, or having a chronic pain consultation, or being hospitalized in oncology, rehabilitative, geriatric or palliative care with painful conditions
• French-speaking and able to understand the study information
• ≥18 years of age

You may not qualify if:

• Inability to understand the consent form and the questionnaire, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the participant
• Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Benno Rehberg-Klug: lead
• Hôpital du Valais: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Hôpital du Valais

Sion, Valais, 1951, Switzerland

Location

Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève

Geneva, Switzerland

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Safran SL, Follonier D, Weber E, Vayne-Bossert P, Ahrendts U, Rehberg-Klug B. Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the French version of the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale for acute and chronic pain: a prospective clinical study. Pain Med. 2024 Oct 1;25(10):630-636. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnae049.

  PMID: 38870517 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Benno Rehberg-Klug, MD

  University Hospital, Geneva

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: consultant anesthesiologist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 4, 2022
• First Posted: April 1, 2022
• Study Start: March 20, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 15, 2023
• Study Completion: May 15, 2023
• Last Updated: May 18, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-05

Locations

CH (2)