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The Effect of Pain Question Phrasing on Older Adult Pain Information
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 06/11/09
McDonald DD et al. - Older adults described significantly more pain information in response to the open-ended question without social desirability. The two follow-up questions elicited significant additional information for all three groups, but did not compensate for the initial reduced pain information from the closed-ended and social desirability-biased groups. Initial use of an open-ended pain question without social desirability bias and use of follow-up questions significantly increase the amount of important pain information provided by older adults with osteoarthritis pain.
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