Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 230-240 , February 2010

Patterns of Pain and Interference in Patients with Painful Bone Metastases: A Brief Pain Inventory Validation Study

  • Jackson S.Y. Wu, MD, MSc, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jackson S.Y. Wu, MD, Department of Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, 1331–29th St NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N2, Canada.
    • ,
  • Dorcas Beaton, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Peter M. Smith, PhD

      Affiliations

    • St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Neil A. Hagen, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Cancer Pain Clinic, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

,Accepted 15 July 2009.

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 This study was supported in part by the Canadian Institute of Health Research Team grant in Difficult Pain Problems (#PET 69772). Dr. Jackson S.Y. Wu's educational fellowship in clinical epidemiology at the University of Toronto was funded by the Alberta Cancer Board. Dr. Peter M. Smith is supported by a New Investigator Award from the Canadian Institute of Health Research.

PII: S0885-3924(09)01133-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.006

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 230-240 , February 2010

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