Construct validity, responsiveness and reliability of the Feline Grimace Scale in kittens.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of the present study was to investigate the construct validity, responsiveness and reliability of the Feline Grimace Scale (FGS) in kittens.

Methods

A total of 36 healthy female kittens (aged 10 weeks to 6 months) were included in a prospective, randomized, blinded study. Video recordings of all kittens were made before and 1 and 2 h after ovariohysterectomy using an opioid-free injectable anesthetic protocol with or without multimodal analgesia. Additional recordings were taken before and 1 h after administration of rescue analgesia (buprenorphine 0.02 mg/kg IM) to painful kittens. Screenshots of facial images were collected from the video recordings for FGS scoring. Four observers blinded to treatment groups and time points scored 111 randomized images t

SUBMITTER: Cheng AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10811766 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature