Author, as appears in the article.: Castarlenas, Elena; Miro, Jordi; Sanchez-Rodriguez, Elisabet
Department: Psicologia
URV's Author/s: Castarlenas Solé, Elena Teresa / Miró Martínez, Jordi / Sánchez Rodríguez, Elisabet
Keywords: Verbal numerical rating scale Unpleasantness Tests Self-report Psychometric properties Pediatric emergency-department Pain intensity Needle pain Functional disability inventory Clinical-trials Children Assessment Adolescents
Abstract: The verbal numerical rating scale (vNRS-11) is one of the most widely used scales for assessing pediatric pain intensity. The literature shows that it is a valid instrument for assessing pain intensity in children above 8 years of age. The aim of this work was to study whether the vNRS-11 is also a valid instrument when it is used with Catalan-speaking children between 6 and 8 years old. A total of 126 schoolchildren (mean age, 6.87; SD,.68) were interviewed individually. Participants reported the maximum intensity of the most frequent pain they had experienced in the previous 3 months, and the intensity they would experience in 3 circumstances, using the vNRS-11 and other widely used scales: the Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R), the mechanical visual analog scale (VAS), and the colored analog scale (CAS). They rated their affective state in relation to the pain experience and reported their pain-related disability. Participants also indicated which of the 4 scales they preferred. The vNRS-11 showed a high convergent construct validity (r =.73.86), adequate discriminant validity (z = 2.05-5.55), and adequate criterion-related validity (r =.45.70). The vNRS-11 was the second most preferred scale.Perspective: This study contributes to the increasing literature that supports the use of the vNRS-11 to assess pain intensity in children. Specifically, it shows that it can be used in children as young as 6 years of age. (C) 2013 by the American Pain Society
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Psicología Odontología Neurosciences Neurology (clinical) Neurology Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Linguística e literatura Interdisciplinar Farmacia Enfermagem Educação física Clinical neurology Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Biotecnología Anesthesiology and pain medicine
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: elena.castarlenas@urv.cat elisabet.sanchez@urv.cat jordi.miro@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-0383-2526 0000-0001-8377-1799 0000-0002-1998-6653
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Journal Of Pain. 14 (3): 297-304
APA: Castarlenas, Elena; Miro, Jordi; Sanchez-Rodriguez, Elisabet (2013). Is the Verbal Numerical Rating Scale a Valid Tool for Assessing Pain Intensity in Children Below 8 Years of Age?. Journal Of Pain, 14(3), 297-304. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.12.004
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2013
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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