Adaptation and validity of the critical care pain observation tool: a scoping review

Abstract

Objective. The Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) is a pain assessment for critical patients in the intensive care unit, who are unable to report their pain. This review article provides a comprehensive review of the literature regarding validated CPOT. with the goal of identifying and documenting studies and procedures available for cultural adaptation and validation of CPOT. Method. Search for articles through the main databases, namely PubMed, Science Direct and Google Scholar. Review and reference checking was performed using inclusion and exclusion criteria. A collection of literature related to CPOT is included in the articles to be selected and those that meet the eligibility criteria will be included in the review. Result. The article search results obtained 13 articles that met the inclusion criteria which presented CPOT in 13 different languages, namely French-Canadian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, European Portuguese, Polish, Persian, Chinese, Italian, Norwegian and Dutch. All of them present validity, reliability and translation method Conclusion. High reliability and validity between different versions of the CPOT language have been identified. This review provides a useful summary of systematic reviews of CPOT in future research.

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