Chronic Pain Assessments in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Literature Review of the Selection, Administration, Interpretation, and Reporting of Unidimensional Pain Intensity Scales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advances in pain assessment approaches now indicate which measures should be used to capture chronic pain experiences in children and adolescents. However, there is little guidance on how these tools should best be administered and reported, such as which time frames to use or how pain scores are categorised as mild, moderate, or severe.

Objective

To synthesise current evidence on unidimensional, single-item pain intensity scale selection, administration, interpretation, and reporting.

Methods

Databases were searched (inception: 18 January 2016) for studies in which unidimensional pain intensity assessments were used with children and adolescents with chronic pain. Ten quality criteria were developed by modifying existing recommendations to evaluate the qua

SUBMITTER: Lee RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5585620 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature