Computer-aided surface estimation of pain drawings : intra- and inter-rater reliability
Persson, Ann L.; Garametsos, Sofia; Pedersen, Jonna: Computer-aided surface estimation of pain drawings - intra- and inter-rater reliability. - Journal of pain research ; vol. 2011, no. 4, 2011. - p. 135-141
Pain drawings are often utilized in the documentation of pain conditions. The aim here was to investigate intra- and inter-rater reliability of area measurements performed on pain drawings consecutively, using the computer program Quantify One. Since pain drawings with this method are digitized, high quality data without loss of information is possible to store in electronic medical records for later analysis, both regarding precise location and size of pain area. We conclude that the computer program Quantify One is a reliable method to calculate the areas of pain drawings.