Unravelling age effects and sex differences in needle pain: Ratings of sensory intensity and unpleasantness of venipuncture pain by children and their parents

Pain

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 179-190

  Goodenough, Belinda ^a,b   Thomas, Warwick ^a   Champion, G David ^a   Perrott, David ^a   Taplin, John E ^b   Von Baeyer, Carl L ^c   Ziegler, John B ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Needle pain; Pain Affect; Pain measurement; Visual Analogue Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJECTION PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 0033033961     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00201-2     Document Type: Article

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