A comparison of four self-report scales of pain intensity in 6- to 8-year-old children

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1715-1719

  Sánchez Rodríguez, Elisabet ^a   Miró, Jordi ^a   Castarlenas, Elena ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

Author keywords

Measurement; Pain intensity; Pediatric pain; Scales agreement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOURED ANALOGUE SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACES PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE 11; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84863717114     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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