Reproducibility of 6- and 4-category faces pain scale to the assessment of temporomandibular joint pain and muscle in school-age children.
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent
; 15(2): 135-42, 2014 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-23959944
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to compare the levels of reproducibility between two Faces Pain Scales (FPS) of 6 and 4 categories to the assessment of pain intensity on children with and without Temporomandibular joint and muscle pain. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
A total of 29 children were recruited 13 symptomatic (9.79 ± 1.36 years old) and 16 asymptomatic (8.69 ± 0.87 years old). One previously-trained examiner applied manual palpation to evaluate orofacial structures, and FPS to assess pain intensity. All children were initial evaluated using 6-category FPS and after 3 days using 4-category FPS. The children were assessed after a seven day time interval from initial and second sessions. Weighted Kappa coefficient was used to verify reproducibility levels.RESULTS:
Similar levels of reproducibility (moderate and fair kappa values) have been verified with the application of the 6-category FPS on symptomatic and asymptomatic children. Similar results were verified using 4-category FPS on symptomatic and asymptomatic children (poor and fair kappa values).CONCLUSION:
Higher levels of reproducibility were verified with the application of the 6-category FPS in both groups and considering symptomatic and asymptomatic as single group. In this way, the 6-category FPS should be preferred over the 4-category FPS to assess pain intensity on children's orofacial structures.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dimensión del Dolor
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Dolor Facial
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Trastornos de la Articulación Temporomandibular
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Síndrome de la Disfunción de Articulación Temporomandibular
Límite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent
Asunto de la revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article