Assessment of pain during medical procedures: A comparison of three scales

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 343-349

  Jensen, Mark P ^a,b   Miller, Leslie ^b   Fisher, Lloyd D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Pain assessment; Pain measurement; Procedural pain; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031794356     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199812000-00012     Document Type: Article

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