Validation of the Simplified Inguinal Pain Questionnaire for assessing postoperative pain and disability following hernioplasty.

"Declarations Conflict of interestJLRG declares that he has no conflict of interest. JAG declares that he has no conflict of interest. RVF declares that he has no conflict of interest. MAMJ declares that he has no conflict of interest. Ethical approvalAll procedures performed in the studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee (Registry 48–18 and CONBIOETICA-24CEI-001–20160427) and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments. Informed consentInformed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Conflict of interest JLRG declares that he has no conflict of interest. JAG declares that he has no conflict of interest. RVF declares that he has no conflict of interest. MAMJ declares that he has no conflict of interest."

"Funding No specific funding was received for this project. All authors declare no conflicts of interest. MAMJ receives doctoral support from the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). JLRG holds a Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship. The study was approved by Hospital Central “Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto” Research Ethics Board, as well as by the State of San Luis Potosi Ministry of Health (Registry 48–18 and CONBIOETICA-24CEI-001–20160427, respectively). All study subjects provided informed consent for participation in the study. The study’s data are available upon request to the authors."