RT Journal Article
T1 Validity of three rating scales for measuring pain intensity in youths with physical disabilities
A1 Miró, Jordi
A1 Castarlenas, Elena
A1 De la Vega, Rocío
A1 Solé, Ester
A1 Tomé-Pires, Catarina
A1 Jensen, Mark P.
A1 Engel, Joyce M.
A1 Racine, Mélanie
K1 Dolor
AB 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 functioningResults—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.
PB European Journal of Pain
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36673
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36673
LA eng
NO Miró, J., Castarlenas, E., de la Vega, R., Solé, E., Tomé-Pires, C., Jensen, M.P., et al. (2016). Validity of three rating scales for measuring pain intensity in youths with physical disabilities. European Journal of Pain, 20(1), 130-7. PMID: 25833415. doi:  10.1002/ejp.704
NO The work of Dr. Jordi Miró and ALGOS is supported by grants from the Government of Catalonia (AGAUR; 2009 SGR 434), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (PFR program), RecerCaixa, the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO; PSI2012-32471) , and the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats. Support for the study upon which the findings reported here are based was provided by Grant P01 ND/NS 33988 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health. RV is supported by a doctoral grant from MINECO. MR salary and travelling support was funded by The Earl Russell Chair in Pain Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario.
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