[Japanese translation and linguistic validation of King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Scale (KPPS) and King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Questionnaire (KPPQ)]

Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2022 Jan 28;62(1):15-21. doi: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001686. Epub 2021 Dec 18.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Pain is one of the most frequent non-motor symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) and it has a great impact on patient's quality of life. Thus, its quantitative evaluation is critical in establishing therapeutic evidence. The King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Scale (KPPS) was introduced as a scale of pain specific to PD in 2015. As a follow-up to the evaluator-based KPPS, the patient-based questionnaire, the King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Questionnaire (KPPQ), was introduced in 2018. We developed a linguistically validated Japanese version of the KPPS and KPPQ, and the process of its construction is reported in this study.

Keywords: King’s Parkinson’s Disease Pain Questionnaire; King’s Parkinson’s Disease Pain Scale; Parkinson’s Disease; linguistic validation; pain.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Linguistics
  • Pain / diagnosis
  • Pain / etiology
  • Parkinson Disease* / complications
  • Parkinson Disease* / diagnosis
  • Quality of Life
  • Surveys and Questionnaires