The COMFORT-Behavior scale is useful to assess pain and distress in 0- to 3-year-old children with Down syndrome

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2059-2064

  Valkenburg, Abraham J ^a,b   Boerlage, Anneke A ^a,b   Ista, Erwin ^a   Duivenvoorden, Hugo J ^b   Tibboel, Dick ^a,b   Dijk, Monique Van ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Confirmatory factor analysis; Down syndrome; Intensive care; Pain assessment; Postoperative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMFORT BEHAVIOR SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOWN SYNDROME; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80051795622     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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