Harmonization of pain scores: comment on Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2023;31(1):83 –95

In the January 2023 issue of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Georgopoulos et al. published an interesting review article on the harmonization of pain scores(1). The authors converted different patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) of pain to a single harmonized 0 –100 scale, and used the patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) threshold as a reference point. However, because the included studies investigated different patient groups and used different definitions of PASS, we argue that the PASS threshold was a moving target.

Source: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage - March 2, 2023 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Jens Laigaard, Christian Fugl Hansen, S øren Overgaard Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research