Aim: This article presents the cultural adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Polish versions of the Pain Coping Questionnaire for both children and parents. Materials & methods: The study involved children aged 12-17 years (n = 220), who experienced trauma-related pain, and their parents (n = 220). Results: In the questionnaire for children and parents, the Kaisera-Mayera-Olkina (KMO) measure of sample adequacy was 0.457 and 0.455, whereas Bartlett's test of sphericity: Chi-square = 1523.93, p < 0.001 and Chi-square = 1325.31, p < 0.001, returned a statistically significant result. Cronbach's alpha for the factors identified in both groups was between 0.833 and 0.904. Conclusion: The linguistic adaptation has shown that the Polish version of the Pain Coping Questionnaire meets the psychometric criteria for reliability and accuracy of the tool.
Keywords: Pain Coping Questionnaire; children; pain coping; parents; validation.
This study aimed to find out whether the Pain Coping Questionnaire (PCQ) in Poland, which was translated from an English version of the same questionnaire, was useful for the study of coping with pain by children and their parents. It is important that translated questionnaires be tested to make sure they are still effective in the new language. The PCQ was completed by children experiencing pain, and by their parents, and the results were evaluated. The results show that the PCQ is a questionnaire that can be effectively used in nursing care. The study also shows that children cope with pain most poorly when they rely on their emotions; the same is true also for parents. This research will make possible the use of an appropriate style of coping with pain for children and adolescents and will help in planning and implementing nursing care before the pain can become worse.