Establishing the psychometric properties and preferences for the Northern Pain Scale.

Objectives: A culturally relevant, evidence-based pain assessment scale in Inuktitut is needed. Psychometric properties and preferences for the Northern Pain Scale (NorthPS), a revised version of the Wong-Baker FACES scale, were examined.

Study Design: This repeated-measures, within-subjects study involved 2 face-to-face interviews held 2 weeks apart.