Abstract
[...]to assess studies that have used qualitative research methodologies to understand Maori experiences of pain (objective 1). [...]to assess the current evidence of pain assessment tools/questionnaires that have been validated for Maori, capturing their lived pain experiences (objective 2). [...]we searched the literature to identify whether there were any existing tools to appraise the level of adherence to KMR in the included studies. No evidence of validated tools was found. [...]we adapted the Te Ara Tika ethical research guidelines developed by the Health and Research Council (HRC) (Hudson et al., 2010) (Appendix B).