Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Paediatric Pain Profile for children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities.

ABSTRACT: Children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities experience chronic pain but cannot communicate verbally. However, no Japanese tool currently exists for assessing pain in this population. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the reliability and validity of a Japanese version of the Paediatric Pain Profile, which is a behavioral rating scale to assess pain in children with severe neurological disabilities. The sample comprised 30 children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities at three hospitals in Japan. Three specialist nurses rated low and high pain video scenes of the children (twice at 1-week intervals) using the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability behavioral scale and a translated Japanese version of the Paediatric Pain Profile. On the basis of their ratings,

SUBMITTER: Okita M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7755203 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature