Assessing childrenʼs responses to pain

作者：Huda Huyer Abu-Saad · 发表于：Pain · 年份：1984 · DOI：10.1016/0304-3959(84)90836-4 · 被引用次数：178 · 研究领域：Pediatric Pain Management Techniques、Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation、Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

This study explored children's self-assessment of the pain experience. Using a 10 cm scale with the ends marked 'I have no pain' and 'I have very severe pain,' school-age children rated the severity of their pain. The pain scale responses were related to physiologic parameters; body, facial, and vocal indicators of pain; and word descriptors of pain while controlling for the effects of medications given. Both the magnitude of chi-square values and the measures of association supported the validity of the pain scale as an indicator of the pain level of school-age children.