Discordance between self-report and behavioral pain measures in children aged 3-7 years after surgery.
J Pain Symptom Manage
; 5(6): 350-6, 1990 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
This study examined concurrent self-reports of pain intensity and behavioral responses in 25 children aged 3-7 yr. Behavioral (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Pain Scale, CHEOPS) and self-report (the Oucher and Analogue Chromatic Continuous Scale) measures of pain were obtained following major surgery. The two self-report measures were strongly and significantly correlated, and the pattern of scores over the 36-hr observation period was as expected. There was little relationship between the scores for the self-report and the behavioral measures. Many children who reported severe pain manifested few of the behavioral indicators of distress used in the CHEOPS. This behavioral response pattern may occur commonly in children experiencing pain after surgery and may limit the applicability of current behavioral scales as sole measures of pain intensity in younger children.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dor Pós-Operatória
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Comportamento
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Medição da Dor
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pain Symptom Manage
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOFISIOLOGIA
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TERAPEUTICA
Ano de publicação:
1990
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Article