RT Journal Article
T1 Defining mild, moderate, and severe pain in young people with physical disabilities
A1 Miró, Jordi
A1 de la Vega, Rocío
A1 Solé, Ester
A1 Racine, Mélanie
A1 Jensen, Mark
A1 Galán, Santiago
A1 Engel, Joyce
K1 Dolor - Clasificación
K1 Jóvenes
AB Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the cutoffs that are most suitable for classifying average and worst pain intensity as being mild, moderate, or severe in young people with physical disabilities.Method: Survey study using a convenience sample of 113 young people (mean age = 14.19; SD = 2.9; age range: 8–20) with physical disabilities (namely, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, limb deficiency (acquired or congenital), or neuromuscular disease).Results: The findings support a non-linear association between pain intensity and pain interference. In addition, the optimal cutoffs for classifying average and worst pain as mild, moderate, or severe differed. For average pain, the best cutoffs were the following: 0–3 for mild, 4–6 for moderate, and 7–10 for severe pain, whereas the optimal classification for worst pain was 0–4 for mild, 5–6 for moderate, and 7–10 for severe pain.Conclusions: The findings provide important information that may be used to help make decisions regarding pain treatment in young people with disabilities and also highlight the need to use different cutoffs for classifying pain intensity in young people with disabilities than those that have been suggested for adults with chronic pain.
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2016
FD 2016-06-13
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/44849
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/44849
LA eng
NO Miró, J., de la Vega, R., Solé, E., Racine, M., Jensen, M. P., & Gálan, S., & Engel, J. M. (2017). Defining mild, moderate, and severe pain in young people with physical disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(11), 1131–1135. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2016.1185469
NO ICREA-Acadèmia
NO Sociedad Española del Dolor
NO Fundación Grünenthal
NO National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NO National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health.
NO Obra Social de Caixabank
NO Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
NO The Earl Russell Chair in Pain Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 3 mar 2026