The Swedish version of the PACU-Behavioural Pain Rating Scale: A reliable method of assessing postoperative pain?

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 304-309

  Persson, Karin ^a,c   Östman, Margareta ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Anestesikliniken   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult; Nursing; Pain management; Postoperative; Reliability of results

Indexed keywords

FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MUSCLE TONE; NURSING; OBSERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SWEDEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUITION; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; PSYCHOMETRY; RESTLESSNESS; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SWEDEN; TRANSLATING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 16544384854     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00286.x     Document Type: Review

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