Clinically significant differences in acute pain measured on self-report pain scales in children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective was to determine the minimum and ideal clinically significant differences (MCSD, ICSD) in pain intensity in children for the Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R) and the Color Analog Scale (CAS) and to identify any differences in these estimates based on patient characteristics.

Methods

This was a prospective study of children aged 4 to 17 years with acute pain presenting to two urban pediatric emergency departments. Participants self-reported their pain intensity using the FPS-R and CAS and qualitatively described their changes in pain. Changes in pain score reported using the FPS-R and CAS that were associated with "a little less" and "much less" pain (MCSD and ICSD, respectively) were identified using a receiver operating characteristic-based method a

SUBMITTER: Tsze DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4390461 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature