Assessing pain intensity in children with chronic pain: Convergent and discriminant validity of the 0 to 10 numerical rating scale in clinical practice

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 141-148

  Ruskin, Danielle ^a   Lalloo, Chitra ^b   Amaria, Khushnuma ^a   Stinson, Jennifer N ^a,c   Hon, Erika Kewley ^a   Campbell, Fiona ^a,d   Brown, StephenC ^a,d   Jeavons, Michael ^a   McGrath, Patricia A ^d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic pain; Clinical pain assessment; Numerical rating scale; Pain intensity scales

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS; PAIN CLINIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84900559706     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/856513     Document Type: Article

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