Research on the assessment and management of pain in infants and children has increased
dramatically, with the consequence that a wide variety of behavioral, physiological, and …

This article focuses on the methods of pain measurement and assessment in children. The
concepts of reliability and validity and the available types of physiologic, self-report, and …

Abstract Altogether 553 children (195 first graders, mean age 6.8 years, and 358 third
graders, mean age 8.7 years) participated in the development of a self-report measure to …

Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research: From Question to Proposal is the perfect
introduction to the research process. It details the development of an effective research plan …

A new instrument was designed to provide a practical clinical measure for assessing
children's pain intensity and pain affect. The pocket size measure includes a Coloured …

Abstract The Varm/Thompson pediatrie pain questionnaire (PPQ) represents an attempt to
empirically assess the complexities of pediatrie chronic, recurrent pain. This initial …

Many different systems for the assessment of pain in newborns and infants have been tested
for validity, rarely for reliability but never for sensitivity or specificity. We aimed to determine …

A diverse pattern of verbal and nonverbal activity communicates distress to others and
permits inferences about the nature and severity of pain. The professional and scientific …

While there is no question that children dislike needles, there are very little data available on
the occurrence of high levels of distress experienced by children undergoing routine …

Objective.—To investigate whether children and adolescents can recall prior headache
complaints accurately and to study whether age, gender, headache severity, preferred …