Postoperative self-report of pain in children: interscale agreement, response to analgesic, and preference for a faces scale and a visual analogue scale.
Pain Res Manag
; 15(3): 163-8, 2010.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To augment available validation data for the Faces Pain Scale - Revised (FPS-R) and to assess interscale agreement and preference in comparison with the Coloured Analogue Scale (CAS) in pediatric acute pain.METHOD:
The present prospective, multicentre study included 131 inpatients five to 15 years of age (mean age 8.8 years; 56% male) seen in postoperative recovery. They provided CAS and FPS-R pain scores before and after administration of analgesic medication. Nurses and physicians used the same tools as observational scales. Children and health care providers indicated which scale they preferred.RESULTS:
FPS-R scores for the intensity of postoperative pain correlated highly with the corresponding CAS scores in all age groups (0.66DISCUSSION:
These results support the use of the FPS-R for most children five years of age or older in the postoperative period. Further research is needed to identify young children, particularly those younger than seven years of age, who have difficulty with self-report tools, and to establish methods for training them in the reliable use of these measures.
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Assunto principal:
Dor Pós-Operatória
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Autoimagem
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Medição da Dor
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Face
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Analgésicos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
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Article