Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization

BACKGROUND: The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) scale is a five-item tool that was developed to assess postoperative pain in young children. The tool is frequently used as an outcome measure in studies investigating acute procedural pain in young children; however, there are limited...

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Main Authors: Rebecca J Gomez, Nick Barrowman, Sonja Elia, Elizabeth Manias, Jenny Royle, Denise Harrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/897104
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description BACKGROUND: The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) scale is a five-item tool that was developed to assess postoperative pain in young children. The tool is frequently used as an outcome measure in studies investigating acute procedural pain in young children; however, there are limited published psychometric data in this context.
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spelling doaj-art-7fa041e64abb4e60ad591c166b2368932025-02-03T01:03:09ZengWileyPain Research and Management1203-67652013-01-01186e124e12810.1155/2013/897104Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During ImmunizationRebecca J Gomez0Nick Barrowman1Sonja Elia2Elizabeth Manias3Jenny Royle4Denise Harrison5Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaChildren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaRoyal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, AustraliaUniversity of Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaRoyal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, AustraliaChildren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) scale is a five-item tool that was developed to assess postoperative pain in young children. The tool is frequently used as an outcome measure in studies investigating acute procedural pain in young children; however, there are limited published psychometric data in this context.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/897104
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Pain Research and Management
title Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization
title_full Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization
title_fullStr Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization
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title_short Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization
title_sort establishing intra and inter rater agreement of the face legs activity cry consolability scale for evaluating pain in toddlers during immunization
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