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Our data suggest that the PRISM task measures constructs relating to quality of life, pain catastrophizing, and pain intensity and probably measures suffering in patients with chronic non-cancer pain, providing a novel and quick tool for clinicians.
The comparison with the overall scores on suffering suggests that the SOS-V actually measures suffering.
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In clinical settings there are several examples of simple, often non-verbal instruments, which can easily and quickly be applied to obtain information for the clinician, such as pain and wellbeing measures, and a pictorial measure of suffering [ 20].
The sum scores of (sub scales were correlated strongly to overall measures on suffering.
That this is relevant is indicated by the significant correlations between the sub domains III to V and the overall measures of suffering.
These differences in distribution also argue in favour of measuring suffering with a visual and indirect method such as the PRISM-RII.
In the current study we aimed to assess whether a modification of the original PRISM task, the PRISM-RII [ 15] is a feasible and valid instrument for measuring suffering in people with diabetes.
Bowling [ 7] compared generic QOL scales used for older adults and showed that the WHOQOL-Old was the most comprehensive instrument; the questions in this instrument are based on measuring suffering, but the questionnaire is relatively long, and the Likert scale format might be boring to the subjects (although there is no evidence that this characteristic has adversely affected responses to date).
The Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM) has been introduced as a visual measure of suffering.
The Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM), has recently been introduced as a generic measure of suffering [ 3].
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