Title: A systematic review of pain assessment tools Objectives: The aim of this thesis is to create a systematic review of the most widely used multidimensional tools (questionnaires) for assessing pain in patients with nonspecific pain of the cervical and lumbar spine. From the available sources, describe their use, the purpose it was generated for, their reliability, validity, and finally arrange the questionnaires from the most used and assess their advantages and disadvantages for use in clinical practice of physiotherapist. Method: The thesis is processed through a systematic review. The subject of the thesis are pain evaluating tools, especially in the cervical and lumbar spine. The studies containing questionnaires used to assess pain in the cervical and lumbar spine were searched out. Data extraction was carried out according to pre-specified criteria. Unsatisfactory studies were excluded. After the relevant questionnaires selection a content analysis of each tool was conducted, built a systematic review of the most commonly used questionnaires and their critical evaluation. Results: On the basis of the entire set of relevant studies I described and evaluated 14 questionnaires. Five of them are designed specifically for low back pain. They are the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire,...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:353245 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Kroiherová, Tereza |
| Contributors | Vomáčková, Helena, Pánek, David |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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