Is the verbal numerical rating scale a valid tool for assessing pain intensity in children below 8 years of age?

Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-304

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

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

assessment; Children; pain intensity; self report; verbal numerical rating scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COLORED ANALOG SCALE; FACES PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDITY; VERBAL NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84875142653     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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