Pain Research and Management (Jan 1996)

The McGill Pain Questionnaire - Japanese Version, Reconsidered: Confirming the Reliability and Validity

  • Mamoru Hasegawa,
  • Suguru Hattori,
  • Keiji Ishizaki,
  • Shosuke Suzuki,
  • Fumio Goto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/1996/609850
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 4
pp. 233 – 237

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) is one of the most widely used instruments in the world to evaluate patients with chronic pain. However, differences in languages and cultural backgrounds have hindered its standardization in Japan.