Cut points for mild, moderate, and severe pain on the VAS for children and adolescents: What can be learned from 10 million ANOVAs?

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2626-2632

  Hirschfeld, Gerrit ^a   Zernikow, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Optimal cut points; Pain intensity; VAS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMAN HEALTH INTERVIEW AND EXAMINATION SURVEY FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BOOTSTRAP; OPTIMAL CUT POINTS; PAIN INTENSITY; VAS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84889102578     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.05.048     Document Type: Article

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