Reported lack of agreement between self-report pain scores in children may be due to a too strict criterion for agreement

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2152-2153

  Von Baeyer, Carl L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LETTER; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84866399780     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.06.029     Document Type: Letter

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