Validation of the COMFORT Behavior Scale and the FLACC Scale for Pain Assessment in Chinese Children after Cardiac Surgery

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-26

  Bai, Jinbing ^a   Hsu, Lily ^b   Tang, Yan ^c   Van Dijk, Monique ^d  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (China)

^d SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857038068     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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