Predictors of a child's ability to use a visual analogue scale

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-290

  Shields, Brenda J ^a   Palermo, T M ^b   Powers, J D ^c   Grewe, S D ^d   Smith, G A ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Tri Cities Neuropsychology Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CHILD; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037625412     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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