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Validation of the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool in Adult Patients
Abstract
• Background Little research has been conducted to validate pain assessment tools in critical care, especially for patients who cannot communicate verbally. • Objective To validate the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool. • Methods A total of 105 cardiac surgery patients in the intensive care unit, recruited in a cardiology health center in Quebec, Canada, participated in the study. Following surgery, 33 of the 105 were evaluated while unconscious and intubated and 99 while conscious and intubated; all 105 were evaluated after extubation. For each of the 3 testing periods, patients were evaluated by using the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool at rest, during a nociceptive procedure (positioning), and 20 minutes after the procedure, for a total of 9 assessments. Each patient’s self-report of pain was obtained while the patient was conscious and intubated and after extubation. • Results The reliability and validity of the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool were acceptable. Interrater reliability was supported by moderate to high weighted κ coefficients. For criterion validity, significant associations were found between the patients’ self-reports of pain and the scores on the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool. Discriminant validity was supported by higher scores during positioning (a nociceptive procedure) versus at rest. • Conclusions The Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool showed that no matter their level of consciousness, critically ill adult patients react to a noxious stimulus by expressing different behaviors that may be associated with pain. Therefore, the tool could be used to assess the effect of various measures for the management of pain.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gélinas, C., Fillion, L., Puntillo, K. A., Viens, C., & Fortier, M.
- Venue
- American Journal of Critical Care
- Publisher
- AACN Publishing
- Published
- 2006-07-01
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 420-427
- ISSN
- 1062-3264 (ISSN-L)
- 1937-710X
- OpenAlex
- W2128770955
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- 719
- References
- 23
- FWCI
- 18.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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