Author's response to reviews Title: Assessment of the face validity of two pain scales in Kenya: a validation study using cognitive interviewing Authors:

Assessment of the face validity of two pain scales in Kenya: a validation study using cognitive interviewing

BACKGROUND Patients in sub-Saharan Africa commonly experience pain, which often is un-assessed and undertreated. One hindrance to routine pain assessment in these settings is the lack of a single-item pain rating scale validated for the particular context. The goal of this study was to examine the face validity and cultural acceptability of two single-item pain scales, the Numerical Rating Scal...

Author's response to reviews Title: Overlap of Cognitive Concepts in Chronic Widespread Pain: An Exploratory Study Authors:

Development and validation of work permit system performance assessment questionnaire, a case study in an Iranian oil refinery

Background: Permit-to-work system is a process used to prevent accidents in the process industries. Evaluation and monitoring of the performance of a permit to work system reveal its inherent weaknesses and reduce accidents in process industries. Since there exists no local tool for monitoring the performance of permit-to-work system in refineries and process industries, such as petrochemicals,...

Author's response to reviews Title: A Systematic Review of Symptom Assessment Scales in Children with Cancer Authors:

Comparing the Persian version properties of Behavioral Pain Scale and Critical Care Pain Observation Tool in patients with head trauma

Introduction: The assessment of pain in critically ill patients requires careful examination, especially in intubated and traumatic head patients due to the impossibility of using verbal pain scales and changes in non-verbal communication due to the type of injury sustained .The purpose of this study was to compare the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS...