Support for a Common Metric for Pediatric Pain Intensity Scales

Institutional adoption of routine measurement of pediatric pain has been impeded partly by the profusion of different metrics (eg, 0 to 5, 0 to 6, 0 to 10, 0 to 100) for reporting pain intensity on various instruments.  The present paper discusses the importance of adopting a common metric, that is,...

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Main Authors: Carl L von Baeyer, Carrie L Hicks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2000-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/640173
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