The impact of item order and sex on self-report of pain intensity in children

Health Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 483-491

  Avian, Alexander ^a   Messerer, Brigitte ^a   Weinberg, Annelie ^a   Meissner, Winfried ^b   Schneider, Cornelia ^a   Berghold, Andrea ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Children; Order effect; Pain; Sex effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN INTENSITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REST; SELF REPORT; SURGERY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84964388911     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000296     Document Type: Article

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