Pain assessment in children: Validity of facial expression items in observational pain scales

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 189-197

  Chang, Julie ^a   Versloot, Judith ^a,b   Fashler, Samantha R ^a   McCrystal, Kalie N ^a   Craig, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Facial expression; Pain; Pediatric pain assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDREN AND INFANTS POSTOPERATIVE PAIN SCALE; CHILDREN HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO PAIN SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FACE VALIDITY; FACE, LEGS, ARMS, CRY AND CONSOLABILITY SCALE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN SEVERITY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRE-VERBAL, EARLY VERBAL PEDIATRIC PAIN SCALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RILEY INFANT PAIN SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; TODDLER PRESCHOOLER POSTOPERATIVE PAIN SCALE; VIDEORECORDING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84922704404     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000103     Document Type: Article

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