A comparison of the clinical utility of pain assessment tools for children with cognitive impairment

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-78

  Voepel Lewis, Terri ^a,d   Malviya, Shobha ^a   Tait, Alan R ^a   Merkel, Sandra ^a   Foster, Roxie ^b   Krane, Elliot J ^c   Davis, Peter J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIDEOTAPE;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 37549007611     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000287680.21212.d0     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Fanurik D, Koh JL, Harrison RD, Conrad TM, Tomerlin C. Pain assessment in children with cognitive impairment. An exploration of self-report skills. Clin Nurs Res 1998;7:103-19
2. LaChapelle DL, Hadjistavropoulos T, Craig KD. Pain measurement in persons with intellectual disabilities. Clin J Pain 1999;15:13-23
3. Radbruch L, Sabatowski R, Loick G, Jonen-Thielemann I, Kasper M, Gondek B, Lehmann KA, Thielemann I. Cognitive impairment and its influence on pain and symptom assessment in a palliative care unit: development of a Minimal Documentation System. Palliat Med 2000;14:266-76
4. Malviya S, Voepel-Lewis T, Merkel S, Tait AR. Difficult pain assessment and lack of clinician knowledge are ongoing barriers to effective pain management in children with cognitive impairment. Acute Pain 2005;7:27-32
5. Breau LM, McGrath PJ, Camfield C, Rosmus C, Finley GA. Preliminary validation of an observational pain checklist for persons with cognitive impairments and inability to communicate verbally. Dev Med Child Neurol 2000;42:609-16
6. Oberlander TF, Gilbert CA, Chambers CT, O'Donnell ME, Craig KD. Biobehavioral responses to acute pain in adolescents with a significant neurologic impairment. Clin J Pain 1999;15:201-9
7. Oberlander TF, O'Donnell ME, Montgomery CJ. Pain in children with significant neurological impairment. J Dev Behav Pediatr 1999;20:235-43
8. Stallard P, Williams L, Lenton S, Velleman R. Pain in cognitively impaired, non-communicating children. Arch Dis Child 2001;85:460-2
9. Stallard P, Williams L, Velleman R, Lenton S, McGrath PJ, Taylor G. The development and evaluation of the pain indicator for communicatively impaired children (PICIC). Pain 2002;98:145-9
10. Stevens B, McGrath P, Gibbins S, Beyene J, Breau L, Camfield C, Finley A, Franck L, Howlett A, Johnston C, McKeever P, O'Brien K, Ohlsson A, Yamada J. Determining behavioural and physiological responses to pain in infants at risk for neurological impairment. Pain 2007;127:94-102
11. Breau LM, Finley GA, McGrath PJ, Camfield CS. Validation of the Non-communicating Children's Pain Checklist - Postoperative Version. Anesthesiology 2002;96:528-35
12. Malviya S, Voepel-Lewis T, Burke C, Merkel S, Tait AR. The revised FLACC observational pain tool: improved reliability and validity for pain assessment in children with cognitive impairment. Paediatr Anaesth 2006;16:258-65
13. Schade JG, Joyce BA, Gerkensmeyer J, Keck JF. Comparison of three preverbal scales for postoperative pain assessment in a diverse pediatric sample. J Pain Symptom Manage 1996;12:348-59
14. Voepel-Lewis T, Merkel S, Tait AR, Trzcinka A, Malviya S. The reliability and validity of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability observational tool as a measure of pain in children with cognitive impairment. Anesth Analg 2002;95:1224-9
15. Stevenson KM, Brown RL, Dahl JL, Ward SE, Brown MS. The Discomfort Behavior Scale: a measure of discomfort in the cognitively impaired based on the Minimum Data Set 2.0. Res Nurs Health 2006;29:576-87
16. van Herk R, van Dijk M, Baar FP, Tibboel D, de Wit R. Observation scales for pain assessment in older adults with cognitive impairments or communication difficulties. Nurs Res 2007;56:34-43
17. Phan A, Edwards CL, Robinson EL. The assessment of pain and discomfort in individuals with mental retardation. Res Dev Disabil 2005;26:433-9
18. Hester NO, Foster RL, Jordan-Marsh M, Ely E, Vojir CP, Miller KL Putting Pain Measurement into Clinical Practice. In: Finley GA, McGrath PJ, eds. Measurement of Pain in Infants and Children, Progress in Pain Research and Management. Vol 10. Seattle: IASP Press, 1998:179-97
19. Wyszewianski L, Green LA. Strategies for changing clinicians' practice patterns. A new perspective. J Fam Pract 2000;49:461-4
20. Rogers EM. Diffusion of Innovations. 5th ed. New York: Free Press, 2003
21. Haider M, Kreps GL. Forty years of diffusion of innovations: utility and value in public health. J Health Commun 2004;9(suppl 1):3-11
22. Fleisher LA, Mantha S, Roizen MF. Medical technology assessment: an overview. Anesth Analg 1998;87:1271-82
23. Rogers EM. Lessons for guidelines from the diffusion of innovations. Jt Comm J Qual Improv 1995;21:324-8
24. Polit DF, Beck CT. The content validity index: are you sure you know what's being reported? Critique and recommendations. Res Nurs Health 2006;29:489-97
25. Faries JE, Mills DS, Goldsmith KW, Phillips KD, Orr J. Systematic pain records and their impact on pain control. A pilot study. Cancer Nurs 1991;14:306-13
26. Acute Pain Management: Operative or Medical Procedures and Trauma. Rockville, MD: Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service, 1992
27. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Pain Standards for 2001. http://www.jcaho.org/standard/pm.html. Accessed March 24, 2001
28. Malviya S, Voepel-Lewis T, Merkel S, Tait AR. Barriers to effective pain management in cognitively impaired children. Acute Pain 2001;7:27-32
29. Davis DA, Taylor-Vaisey A. Translating guidelines into practice. A systematic review of theoretic concepts, practical experience and research evidence in the adoption of clinical practice guidelines. CMAJ 1997;157:408-16
30. Hutchinson A. The philosophy of clinical practice guidelines: purposes, problems, practicality and implementation. J Qual Clin Pract 1998;18:63-73
31. Lomas J, Anderson GM, Domnick-Pierre K, Vayda E, Enkin MW, Hannah WJ. Do practice guidelines guide practice? The effect of a consensus statement on the practice of physicians. N Engl J Med 1989;321:1306-11
32. Bucknall T, Manias E, Botti M. Acute pain management: implications of scientific evidence for nursing practice in the postoperative context. Int J Nurs Pract 2001;7:266-73
33. Dalton JA, Blau W, Lindley C, Carlson J, Youngblood R, Greer SM. Changing acute pain management to improve patient outcomes: an educational approach. J Pain Symptom Manage 1999;17:277-87
34. Dufault MA, Bielecki C, Collins E, Willey C. Changing nurses' pain assessment practice: a collaborative research utilization approach. J Adv Nurs 1995;21:634-45
35. Rose DK, Cohen MM, Yee DA. Changing the practice of pain management. Anesth Analg 1997;84:764-72
36. Dooks P. Diffusion of pain management research into nursing practice. Cancer Nurs 2001;24:99-103
37. Ellis JA, O'Connor BV, Cappelli M, Goodman JT, Blouin R, Reid CW. Pain in hospitalized pediatric patients: how are we doing? Clin J Pain 2002;18:262-9
38. Borbas C, Morris N, McLaughlin B, Asinger R, Gobel F. The role of clinical opinion leaders in guideline implementation and quality improvement. Chest 2000;118:24S-32S
39. Bonnet MH. ACNS clinical controversy: MSLT and MWT have limited clinical utility. J Clin Neurophysiol 2006;23:50-8
40. th ed). New York, NY: Free Press
41. Apfelbaum JL, Chen C, Mehta SS, Gan TJ. Postoperative pain experience: results from a national survey suggest postoperative pain continues to be undermanaged. Anesth Analg 2003;97:534-40
42. Bardiau FM, Taviaux NF, Albert A, Boogaerts JG, Stadler M. An intervention study to enhance postoperative pain management. Anesth Analg 2003;96:179-85
43. Miller EH, Belgrade MJ, Cook M, Portu JB, Shepherd M, Sierzant T, Sallmen P, Fraki S. Institutionwide pain management improvement through the use of evidence-based content, strategies, resources, and outcomes. Qual Manage Health Care 1999;7:28-40
44. Rosenquist RW, Rosenberg J. Postoperative pain guidelines. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2003;28:279-88
45. Defrin R, Lotan M, Pick CG. The evaluation of acute pain in individuals with cognitive impairment: a differential effect of the level of impairment. Pain 2006;124:312-20
46. von Baeyer CL, Spagrud LJ. Systematic review of observational (behavioral) measures of pain for children and adolescents aged 3 to 18 years. Pain 2007;127:140-50
47. Merkel SI, Voepel-Lewis T, Shayevitz JR, Malviya S. The FLACC: a behavioral scale for scoring postoperative pain in young children. Pediatr Nurs 1997;23:293-7
48. Voepel-Lewis T, Malviya S, Merkel S, Tait AR. Behavioral pain assessment and the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry and Consolability instrument. Expert Rev Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Res 2003;3:317-25
49. Solodiuk J, Curley MA. Pain assessment in nonverbal children with severe cognitive impairments: the Individualized Numeric Rating Scale (INRS). J Pediatr Nurs 2003;18:295-9