Cognitive Testing for the Pain Quality Assessment Scale (PQAS)

Completed

Conditions studied: Pain, Spinal Cord Injuries, Multiple Sclerosis

In brief

The purpose of the study is to improve a questionnaire (the Pain Quality Assessment Scale) used for measuring different types of pain people may experience. An improved version of this questionnaire will help researchers better understand the impact of pain treatments on different types of pain through the use of this questionnaire.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00715598

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

213

Starts

2008-06-01

Expected to finish

2010-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-05-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Phase 1: have a primary pain problem caused either by musculoskeletal or neuropathic pain for SCI subjects,and neuropathic pain for subjects with MS.
• have been diagnosed with an SCI or MS by a physician.
• read, speak and understand English.
• be at least 18 years of age.
• experienced pain in the last three months prior to recruitment.

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals will be enrolled in the study if they meet all the eligibility criteria listed above; there are no particular exclusion criteria for this study.

Where it is running

• University of Washington — Seattle, Washington, United States

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