How many response levels do children distinguish on faces scales for pain assessment?

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 641-648

  Decruynaere, Céline ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a   Plaghki, Léon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Faces scale; Pain intensity; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACES PAIN SCALE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 67349157091     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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