Pain Measurement in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: Where To Go from Here? Report from a Special Interest Group at OMERACT 2018.
Publication Title
The Journal of rheumatology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2019
Keywords
Chronic Pain; Consensus; Health Surveys; Humans; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Pain Measurement; Public Opinion; Quality of Life; Rheumatic Diseases; Rheumatology
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Establishing a research agenda on standardizing pain measurement in clinical trials in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD).
METHODS: Discussion during a meeting at the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) 2018, prepared by a systematic review of existing core outcome sets and a patient online survey.
RESULTS: Several key questions were debated: Is pain a symptom or a disease? Are pain core (sub)domains consistent across RMD? How to account for pain mechanistic descriptors (e.g., central sensitization) in pain measurement?
CONCLUSION: Characterizing and assessing the spectrum of pain experience across RMD in a standardized fashion is the objective of the OMERACT Pain Working Group.
Clinical Institute
Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Specialty/Research Institute
Orthopedics
Specialty/Research Institute
Rheumatology
