A comparison of four self-report scales of pain intensity in 6- to 8-year-old children

Sánchez‐Rodríguez, Elisabet; Miró, Jordi; Castarlenas, Elena

doi:10.1016/j.pain.2012.05.007

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“…Participants were asked to rate their average pain intensity in the past week by choosing a single whole number between 0 (“No pain”) and 10 (“Pain as bad as could be”) that best represented that pain. The NRS-11 has been found to be valid and reliable when used with young people24 even when used with children as young as 6 years of age25,26 and with young people with physical disabilities 21…”

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Pain extent and function in youth with physical disabilities

Miró¹,

Vega²,

Tomé‐Pires³

et al. 2017

JPR

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BackgroundThe aim of this study was to increase our understanding of the role that spatial qualities of pain (location and extent) play in functioning, among youths with disabilities and chronic pain.MethodsOne-hundred and fifteen youths (mean age 14.4 years; SD ±3.3 years) with physical disabilities and chronic pain were interviewed and were asked to provide information about pain locations and their average pain intensity in the past week, and to complete measures of pain interference, psychological function and disability. Most of the participants in this sample were males (56%), Caucasian (68%), and had a cerebral palsy (34%) or muscular dystrophy (25%) problem. Most participants did not report high levels of disability ( X¯=12.7, SD ±9.5, range 0–60) or global pain intensity ( X¯=3.2, SD ±2.4, range 0–10).ResultsPain at more than one body site was experienced by 91% of participants. There were positive associations between pain extent with pain interference (r = 0.30) and disability (r = 0.30), and a negative association with psychological function (r = –0.38), over and above average pain intensity. Additionally, pain intensity in the back (as opposed to other locations) was associated with more pain interference (r = 0.29), whereas pain intensity in the shoulders was associated with less psychological function (r = –0.18), and pain intensity in the bottom or hips was associated with more disability (r = 0.29).ConclusionThe findings support the need to take into account pain extent in the assessment and treatment of youths with physical disabilities and chronic pain, call our attention about the need to identify potential risk factors of pain extent, and develop and evaluate the benefits of treatments that could reduce pain extent and target pain at specific sites.

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Pain extent and function in youth with physical disabilities

Miró¹,

Vega²,

Tomé‐Pires³

et al. 2017

JPR

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“…That is, the NRS appears to be more useful than the other measures on the basis of two related issues. First, it demonstrated a pattern of stronger associations with the criterion measures, and second on the direct comparisons of those statistics (see Sánchez-Rodríguez et al , 2012, for a similar procedure).…”

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“…However, even though pain intensity scales are often strongly associated with one another, they do not always demonstrate strong agreement (e.g. (S anchez-Rodr ıguez et al, 2012). No single scale exists that is perfect for all purposes, all settings, and all populations.…”

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Validity of three rating scales for measuring pain intensity in youths with physical disabilities

Miró

Castarlenas

Vega

et al. 2015

European Journal of Pain

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Background There is growing evidence confirming that youths with physical disabilities are at risk for chronic pain. Although many scales for assessing pain intensity exist, it is unclear whether they are all equally suitable for youths. The aim of this study was to address this knowledge gap by comparing the validity of the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS-11), the Wong Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale (FACES), and a 6-point categorical Verbal Rating Scale (VRS-6) for assessing pain intensity among youths (aged 8 to 20) with physical disabilities. Methods One hundred and thirteen youths (mean age= 14.19 years; SD = 2.9) were interviewed and asked to rate their current pain intensity and recalled (in the past week) worst, least, and average pain with the NRS-11 and the FACES. Participants were also asked to rate their average pain intensity during the past 4 weeks using a VRS-6, and were administered measures assessing pain interference, disability and psychological functioning. Results Analyses showed that all of the pain intensity measures were associated positively with each other. Nevertheless, the NRS-11 appeared to out-perform both the VRS-6 and in particular the FACES scale with respect to: (1) the associations with the validity criterion (i.e., pain interference, disability and psychological functioning) and (2) a lack of any moderating effect of age on the association between the measure and the criterion variables. Conclusions The findings support the validity of the NRS-11 for assessing pain intensity in youths with physical disabilities between the ages of 8 and 20 years.

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“…It is possible that this procedure introduced a recall bias that could have influenced the findings in some way that cannot be determined. However, this procedure has been used successfully in previous studies [30][31][32] . On the other hand, the use of a generally healthy population did allow us to obtain data from a relatively large sample, which provided the sample size needed to perform the planned analyses.…”

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confidence: 99%