Postoperative pain intensity assessment: A comparison of four scales in Chinese adults

Pain Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-234

  Li, Li ^a   Liu, Xueqin ^a   Herr, Keela ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Adults; Faces Pain Scale Revised; Numeric Rating Scale; Pain Assessment; Pain Intensity; Postoperative Pain; Verbal Descriptor Scale; Visual Analog Scale

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALGESICS; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33947429144     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2007.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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