The reliability and validity of a modified total neuropathy score-reduced and neuropathic pain severity items when used to measure chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients receiving taxanes and platinums

• Published in: Cancer nursing Vol. 33; no. 3; p. 173
• Main Authors: Smith, Ellen M Lavoie, Cohen, Jeffrey A, Pett, Marjorie A, Beck, Susan L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neurologic Examination - methods; Neurologic Examination - nursing; Neurologic Examination - standards; New Hampshire; New Jersey; Nurse Practitioners; Nursing Assessment - methods; Nursing Assessment - standards; Nursing Evaluation Research; Observer Variation; Oncology Nursing; Pain Measurement - methods; Pain Measurement - standards; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - chemically induced; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - diagnosis; Platinum Compounds - adverse effects; Psychometrics; Severity of Illness Index; Single-Blind Method; Statistics, Nonparametric; Surveys and Questionnaires - standards; Taxoids - adverse effects; New Jersey; New Hampshire
• ISSN: 1538-9804
• DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181c989a3

Assessment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy signs and symptoms has been hampered because of the lack of simple, reliable, and valid measures. The study objective was to examine the internal consistency and interrater reliability as well as the structural validity of a 5-component total...