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Measurement of pain in children with self-reporting and behavioral assessment
Abstract
There are several studies on the correlation of various pain-rating scales in adults but few such studies have been done on children. To gain information on the correlation of self-reporting pain scales (one verbal and two visual analog scales) with each other and with a scale based on behavioral assessment, we analyzed retrospectively the pain evaluations of 141 pediatric patients participating in our analgesic studies. Eighty-two patients were male and 59 were female. The ages ranged from 1.6 to 17.6 years. The patients were divided into three age groups. All pain-rating scales were correlated (P less than 0.001) with each other and they showed a good internal consistency. There were no differences in correlation coefficients between the age groups and the two sexes. Accordingly, any of the now-employed scales can be used in clinical analgesic studies in children on the condition that the child has comprehended the use of the scale during the preoperative visit.
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- Authors
- Maunuksela, E.-L., Olkkola, K. T., & Korpela, R.
- Venue
- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1987-08
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 137-141
- ISSN
- 0009-9236 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-6535
- OpenAlex
- W2028276396
- Cited by
- 186
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 5.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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