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August 18, 2025Journal of Clinical NursingOpen Access

Psychometric Properties of Pain Scales in Inpatient Settings: An Umbrella Review

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FDFabio D’AgostinoNGNoemi GiannettaGSGianfranco Sanson

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Overview

Umbrella review identifies pain scales with strong psychometric properties for inpatient nursing use, suggesting improvements for clinical decision-making.

Key Points

  • The Paediatric Pain Profile and Breakthrough Pain Assessment Tool show adequate psychometric properties for assessing pain in clinical practice.
  • Out of 41 pain assessment scales, 36 require further studies to validate their effectiveness in inpatient settings.
  • The review included 17 articles and utilized both qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluate data.
  • Standardising documentation with validated pain scales may enhance care quality and ease the documentation process.

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D’Agostino et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af4328ad7bf08b1ead20bchttps://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.70071
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