Psychometric Properties of the Behavioral Pain Scale in Traumatic Brain Injury.

Background: Pain assessment of patients with traumatic brain injury is a challenge because they are unable to self-report their pain experience.

Aims: To investigate the psychometric properties of validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the Brazilian version of the Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS-Br) in patients with traumatic brain injury.

Methods: This was an observational, cross-sectional, repeated-measure and analytical study.