Reliability and validity of observer ratings of pain using the visual analog scale (VAS) in infants undergoing immunization injections

Pain

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 141-146

  Taddio, Anna ^a,b   O'Brien, Lisa ^a   Ipp, Moshe ^b,c   Stephens, Derek ^b   Goldbach, Morton ^b   Koren, Gideon ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amethocaine; Immunization; Infant; Observer rated pain; Pain assessment; Reliability; Validity; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PLACEBO; TETRACAINE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INJECTION PAIN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODIFIED BEHAVIORAL PAIN SCALE; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACAINE; VACCINATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 70449651742     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.08.027     Document Type: Article

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