Abstract:Objective: This research is aimed to construct the pain evaluation scale suitable to cancer-related pain patients, and explore its reliability and validity in cancer-related pain patients, to provide more simple and practical tools for management of cancer-related pain patients in clinical settings.Methods: Based on Chinese guidance, consensus, recommendations in cancer-related pain field and discussions from experts in this field, we constructed the initial item pool, and consulted with more than twenty experts in this field according to Delphi methodology. After 2 rounds of consultations from experts, the inclusion of items were confirmed and formed the final multi-dimensional BTS (Botong Score) scales. During June 2022 to February 2023, we enrolled the cancer-related pain patients in General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, and test the reliability and validity of this scale.Results: After 2 rounds of Delphi expert consultations, the first round enrolled 21 experts, and the second round enrolled 10 experts. The scale in the first round included 19 dimensions, selected 7 dimensions with importance score ≥4.5 and the coefficient of variation ≤20%, which advanced in the second round. The final BTS evaluation scale was consisted of these 7 dimensions, 15 items with the importance score consistent in these two rounds. In General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, we enrolled 166 patients, after final data cleaning, 138 patients were included in the final analysis. The reliability and validity of BTS was tested and proven to be good, with Cronbach α coefficient of 0.781 and KMO value of 0.796.Conclusion: After 2 rounds of Delphi expert consultations, the multi-dimensional BTS evaluation scale included 7 dimensions and 15 items, with good reliability and validity, with great potential to apply in the cancer-related pain patients in clinical settings.