Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care

Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative Care (한국호스피스완화의료학회)
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Reliability and Validity of the Evaluation of Korean Cancer Pain Assessment Tool(K-CPAT)

표준형 성인 암성 통증 평가 도구(K-CPAT): 설문조사의 신뢰도 및 타당도 평가

  • Choi, Youn-Seon (Departments of Family Medicine, Korea University College Medicine) ;
  • Park, Jin-No (Department of Internal Medicine, Bobath Memorial Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Myung-Ah (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Yeom, Chang-Hwan (Department of Family Medicine, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jang, Se-Kwon (Dongmyun Health Center, Cheonan) ;
  • Lee, June-Young (Departments of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College Medicine)
  • 최윤선 (고려대학교 의과대학 가정의학교실) ;
  • 박진노 (보바스기념병원 내과) ;
  • 이명아 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 혈액종양내과) ;
  • 염창환 (관동의대 명지병원 가정의학과) ;
  • 장세권 (천안시 동면보건지소) ;
  • 이준영 (고려대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Published : 2003.12.05
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Abstract

Pupose : The Korean cancer pain assessment tool (K-CPAT) was developed in 2003 is consisted of questions concerning the pain location, quality of pain, present pain intensity, symptoms associated with pain, and psychosocial/spiritual pain assessments. This study was done to evaluate the reliability and validity of K-CPAT. Methods : A Stratified, proportional-quota, clustered, systematic sampling has been employed. Study population (903 cancer patients) was 1% of the target population (90,252 cancer patients). A total of 314 (34.8%) questionnaires have been collected. Results : Average pain score (5 Likert scale) by cancer type and at-present average pain score (VAS, $0{\sim}10$) were correlated (r=0.56, P<0.0001), and showed a moderate agreement (kappa=0.364). Mean score of satisfaction was 3.8 ($1{\sim}5$). The average time of completion of the questionnaire was 8.9 minutes. Conclusions: The K-CAPT is a reliable and valid instrument for the assessment of Cancer Pain for Korean.

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