Pain assessment in profound cognitive impaired children using the Checklist Pain Behavior; is item reduction valid?

Pain

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 147-154

  Duivenvoorden, H J ^a   Tibboel, D ^b   Koot, H M ^c   van Dijk, M ^b   Peters, J W B ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Item response theory; Mokken scaling model; Pain behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; VIDEOTAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750980410     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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