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ArticleJournal of rehabilitation medicine2023

The Swedish King's Parkinson's disease Pain Scale: Validation and pain prevalence in persons with mild-moderate severity Parkinson's disease.

Conran Joseph, Hanna Johansson, Breiffni Leavy, Erika Franzen

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Conran JosephDepartment of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Physiotherapy Division, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge. conran.joseph@ki.se.
Hanna JohanssonDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge; Medical Unit Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy, Women's Health and Allied Health Professionals Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm.
Breiffni LeavyDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge; The Stockholm Sjukhem Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden.
Erika FranzenDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge; Medical Unit Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy, Women's Health and Allied Health Professionals Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm; The Stockholm Sjukhem Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden.

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objectivesTo examine convergent and divergent validity of the King's Parkinson's disease Pain Scale - Swedish translated version, and to determine the prevalence of pain according to scale domains in persons with Parkinson's disease.

designCross-sectional, validation study. PATIENTS: Ninety-seven persons with Parkinson's disease.

methodsThe pain scale was translated into Swedish by an accredited company, and permission was granted to use the resultant version. Participants completed the rater-administered The King's Parkinson's disease Pain Scale - Swedish version, the visual analogue scale (pain), Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (bodily discomfort subscale), MiniBESTest and Walk-12G. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was used to assess the strength of associations.

resultsThe mean (standard deviation) age of participants was 71 (6.1) years, 63% were male, and 76% presented with mild disease severity. The mean (standard deviation) The King's Parkinson's disease Pain Scale - Swedish version score was 7.84 (12.8). A strong (r = 0.65) and moderate (r = 0.45) association was found between the newly-translated version and visual analogue scale (pain) and Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire - bodily discomfort subscale, respectively. Weak associations were found between the newly translated version and divergent measures. Overall pain prevalence was 57%, with musculoskeletal pain being the most common, followed by chronic and radicular pain.

conclusionThis study affirms aspects of validity of the Swedish King's Parkinson's disease Pain Scale. Most participants presented with 1 or more types of pain, highlighting the need for targeted interventions.

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Musculoskeletal PainParkinson DiseaseAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePrevalenceSweden

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