Based on the pediatric ages of the patients, two pain scales were used. For children aged 2–7 years, the face, legs, activity, cry and consolability (FLACC) scale with a maximum score of 10 points ...

Purpose: To examine the issue of pain assessment in infants by acquiring all available published pain assessment tools and evaluating their reported reliability, validity, clinical utility ...

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There are many different scales and some are linked to particular styles of music or geographical regions. Each scale can conjure up different feelings and moods. Here are some of the most well ...

To improve validity and comparability, these trials should aim for standardised outcome measures (eg, visual analogue scale for pain assessment; agreed definition for success/failure), long-term ...