The verbal numeric rating scale in the pediatric emergency department: What do the numbers really mean?

Pain

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-168

  Connelly, Mark ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VERBAL NUMERIC RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77951766411     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.031     Document Type: Editorial

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