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== Introduction - what it is, what it measures == | == Introduction - what it is, what it measures == | ||
Pain is generally measured in children using scales of various facial expressions, an associating their pain level to a similar face. Once such scale commonly preferred by children and parents for reporting pain severity is the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale. <ref name=":0">Garra Gregory, Singer Adam J, Domingo Anna, Thode Henry C. The Wong-Baker Pain FACES Scale Measures Pain, Not Fear. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2013:29(1):17-20. </ref> | |||
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== Implications/Limitations == | == Implications/Limitations == | ||
Wen used on children in the Emergency Department at the Hospital, the most common selected Face was the 'hurts even more', which is associated with a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score of 55. One-fifth of a study population of children in the emergency department reported a VAS score of 80. However, many of these children did not select the 'worst hurt' face. It is seen that identifying the faces on the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale are emotionally driven, which may be misidentified as non-painful emotions, and thus may skew severity reporting. <ref name=":0" /> | |||
Another study found that the inclusion of a smiling face drove pain ratings away from the 'no pain' end of the spectrum. <ref name=":0" /> | |||
It was seen that children under 10 years old were unable to properly identify the feelings of pain, anxiety, and emotions. Pre-operative children were seen to select faces other than the smiling face. Sometimes after surgery, such as abdominal surgery, children were seen to choose the smiling face. Thus it is seen that children's interpretation for pain may be ndicatinf ear, which is not the intention of the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale. <ref name=":0" /> | |||
== Validity == | == Validity == | ||
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Introduction - what it is, what it measures[edit | edit source]
Pain is generally measured in children using scales of various facial expressions, an associating their pain level to a similar face. Once such scale commonly preferred by children and parents for reporting pain severity is the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale. [1]
Audience[edit | edit source]
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Implications/Limitations[edit | edit source]
Wen used on children in the Emergency Department at the Hospital, the most common selected Face was the 'hurts even more', which is associated with a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score of 55. One-fifth of a study population of children in the emergency department reported a VAS score of 80. However, many of these children did not select the 'worst hurt' face. It is seen that identifying the faces on the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale are emotionally driven, which may be misidentified as non-painful emotions, and thus may skew severity reporting. [1]
Another study found that the inclusion of a smiling face drove pain ratings away from the 'no pain' end of the spectrum. [1]
It was seen that children under 10 years old were unable to properly identify the feelings of pain, anxiety, and emotions. Pre-operative children were seen to select faces other than the smiling face. Sometimes after surgery, such as abdominal surgery, children were seen to choose the smiling face. Thus it is seen that children's interpretation for pain may be ndicatinf ear, which is not the intention of the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale. [1]
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