ArticleThe Veterinary record2019
Evaluation and comparison of pain questionnaires for clinical screening of osteoarthritis in cats.
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- Do owner-reported changes in mobility reflect measures of activity, pain and degenerative joint disease in cats?Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- GenPup-M: A novel validated owner-reported clinical metrology instrument for detecting early mobility changes in dogs.PloS one · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Four Clinical Metrology Instruments for the Assessment of Osteoarthritis in Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Initial psychometric evaluation of the Portuguese version of the Liverpool Osteoarthritis in Dogs.BMC veterinary research · 2022Article
- A first report on the efficacy of a single intra-articular administration of blood cell secretome, triamcinolone acetonide, and the combination of both in dogs with osteoarthritis.BMC veterinary research · 2022Article
- A survey on the orthopedic and functional assessment in a Portuguese population of police working dogs.BMC veterinary research · 2022Article
- Objective Assessment of Chronic Pain in Horses Using the Horse Chronic Pain Scale (HCPS): A Scale-Construction Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Measurement of ground reaction forces in cats 1 year after femoral head and neck ostectomy.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2021Article
- Intraarticular triamcinolone hexacetonide, stanozolol, Hylan G-F 20 and platelet concentrate in a naturally occurring canine osteoarthritis model.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundFeline osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of long-standing pain and physical dysfunction. Performing a physical examination of a cat is often challenging. There is a need for disease-specific questionnaires or the so-called clinical metrology instruments (CMIs) to facilitate diagnosis and evaluation of treatment of feline OA. The CMI provides the owners an assessment of the cat's behavioural and lifestyle changes in the home environment. The purpose of the study was to evaluate readability, internal consistency, reliability and discriminatory ability of four CMIs.
methodsThis is a prospective, cross-sectional study with 142 client-owned cats. Feline OA was diagnosed based on medical history, orthopaedic examination and radiography.
resultsThe results indicate that all four instruments have sound readability, internal consistency, are reliable over time and have good discriminatory ability. Preliminary cut-off values with optimal sensitivity and specificity were suggested for each instrument. The osteoarthritic cats showed significant changes in behavioural response to pain during orthopaedic examination, compared with sound cats.
conclusionThe results indicate that all four questionnaires make an important contribution in a clinical setting, and that the cat's behavioural response to pain during physical examination should be a parameter to take into account as a possible indication of chronic pain.
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