Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 396-412 , October 2008

Validation of the Wisconsin Brief Pain Questionnaire in a Multilingual South African Population

  • Noko Mphahlele, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Noko Mphahlele, MSc, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng 2193, South Africa.
    • ,
  • Duncan Mitchell, PhD
    • ,
  • Peter Kamerman, PhD

,Accepted 1 November 2007.

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 This study was funded by grants received from the South African National Research Foundation (Thuthuka Grant), the South African Medical Research Council, the University of the Witwatersrand (Friedel Sellschop and Medical Faculty Research Endowment grants), and the Canon Collins Trust.

PII: S0885-3924(08)00143-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.10.020

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 396-412 , October 2008

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