Validation of the faces pain scale in a sample of elderly Spanish individuals

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 265-270

  Castel, Antoni ^a   Miró, Jordi ^b   Rull, Maria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Pain assessment; Pain measurement; Reliability; Spanish Faces Pain Scale; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844530128     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.21.4.265     Document Type: Review

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