Clinical trial NCT06877481: Turkish Validation of the Geriatric Pain Measure - Short Form
Official title: Turkish Adaptation, Validation, and Reliability Assessment of the Geriatric Pain Measure - Short Form
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Geriatric Assessment
Pain Measurement
Chronic Pain
Keywords: Geriatric Assessment
Pain Measurement
Chronic Pain
Geriatric Pain Measurement Short Form
Lead sponsor: Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2025-03-14
Enrollment: 150
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients over 65 years of age who applied to the pain management outpatient clinic with the complaint of chronic pain and consented to participate the study.

Brief summary: This study aims to adapt, validate, and assess the reliability of the Geriatric Pain Measure - Short Form in Turkish. A total of 150 patients aged 65 years and older will complete the scale under the supervision of pain management and gerontology specialists. Reliability and validity will be evaluated using statistical analyses, including internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and correlation with validated pain and sleep scales. Ethical approval has been obtained, and all participants will provide informed consent.

Detailed description: For the Turkish adaptation, validation, and reliability study of the Geriatric Pain Measure - Short Form, permission was obtained from Dr. Eva Blozik, the original developer of the scale. The adaptation process will follow standard cross-cultural validation guidelines, including forward translation into Turkish by an expert group, back-translation into English by a separate expert group, and comparison of the back-translated version with the original English version for conceptual and linguistic accuracy. A multidisciplinary expert panel, including Turkish language specialists and pain management experts, will review the final Turkish version, making necessary cultural adaptations to ensure semantic equivalence. The study will involve 150 patients aged 65 years and older visiting the Pain Management Clinic, where they will complete the Turkish version of the scale under the supervision of pain management and gerontology specialists. Reliability will be assessed through internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha), test-retest reliability, and item-total correlations, while construct validity will be evaluated using factor analysis. Concurrent validity will be examined by correlating the Turkish version of the scale with other outcome measures. Ethical approval has been obtained from Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital Ethics Committee, and all participants will provide written informed consent before participation.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Geriatric patients with chronic pain
* Patients who agreed to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Demantia
* Mental of physical disorders that effect patients answering the scales
* Diagnosis of malignancy

Primary outcomes:
measure: Geriatric Pain Measurement Short Form
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Numerik Rating Scale
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: FRAIL Scale
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Lawton & Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Geriatric Depression Scale-15
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
timeFrame: Day 1
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: İstanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital
state: Başakşehir
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