Reliability of the color analog scale: Repeatability of scores in traumatic and nontraumatic injuries

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-469

  Bulloch, Blake ^a   Garcia Filion, Pam ^a   Notricia, David ^a   Bryson, Matt ^a   McConahay, Tom ^a  

^a Departments of Pediatric Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog scale; Child; Intraclass correlation; Pain; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ANALOG SCALE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 66249124611     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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