Abstract
We compared pain measured by the 17-item Short Pain Inventory© in two samples of dental patients with two medical samples and with two non-patient samples. We contrasted all six samples to pilot the use of the inventory as an aid to clinicians in the evaluation of pain experienced by dental and medical patients. Six parallel groups of patients (n=266) were contrasted on pain severity, total mood disturbance and subscales of pain induced mood disturbance. The ability to discriminate between different patient groups and between pain—non-pain, indexed validity. Test-retest reliability and internal reliability were also computed.
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