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A Child’s Concept of Pain: An International Survey of Pediatric Pain Experts
A child’s ‘concept of pain’ refers to how they understand what pain actually is, what function pain serves, and what biological processes are thought to underpin it. We aimed to determine pediatric pain experts’ opinions of: (1) the importance and usefulness of assessing a child’s concept of pain in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5789294/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29342976 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children5010012 |
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author | Pate, Joshua W. Hush, Julia M. Hancock, Mark J. Moseley, G. Lorimer Butler, David S. Simons, Laura E. Pacey, Verity |
author_facet | Pate, Joshua W. Hush, Julia M. Hancock, Mark J. Moseley, G. Lorimer Butler, David S. Simons, Laura E. Pacey, Verity |
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description | A child’s ‘concept of pain’ refers to how they understand what pain actually is, what function pain serves, and what biological processes are thought to underpin it. We aimed to determine pediatric pain experts’ opinions of: (1) the importance and usefulness of assessing a child’s concept of pain in clinical and/or research settings; (2) the usefulness of the content of items within currently published adult-targeted resources for assessing a child’s concept of pain; and (3) important domains of a child’s concept of pain to assess. Forty-nine pediatric pain experts (response rate = 75.4%) completed an online survey. Descriptive statistics and frequency of responses were analyzed. Experts from all included disciplines reported that assessing a child’s concept of pain is important and useful both clinically and in a research setting (>80% reported very or extremely useful for each item). Experts considered that the content of 13 items from currently published adult-targeted resources was useful, but the wording was too complex for children aged 8–12 years. Experts considered that all seven of the proposed domains of a child’s concept of pain was important to assess. The findings can be used to inform the development of an assessment tool for a child’s concept of pain. |
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spelling | pubmed-57892942018-02-02 A Child’s Concept of Pain: An International Survey of Pediatric Pain Experts Pate, Joshua W. Hush, Julia M. Hancock, Mark J. Moseley, G. Lorimer Butler, David S. Simons, Laura E. Pacey, Verity Children (Basel) Article A child’s ‘concept of pain’ refers to how they understand what pain actually is, what function pain serves, and what biological processes are thought to underpin it. We aimed to determine pediatric pain experts’ opinions of: (1) the importance and usefulness of assessing a child’s concept of pain in clinical and/or research settings; (2) the usefulness of the content of items within currently published adult-targeted resources for assessing a child’s concept of pain; and (3) important domains of a child’s concept of pain to assess. Forty-nine pediatric pain experts (response rate = 75.4%) completed an online survey. Descriptive statistics and frequency of responses were analyzed. Experts from all included disciplines reported that assessing a child’s concept of pain is important and useful both clinically and in a research setting (>80% reported very or extremely useful for each item). Experts considered that the content of 13 items from currently published adult-targeted resources was useful, but the wording was too complex for children aged 8–12 years. Experts considered that all seven of the proposed domains of a child’s concept of pain was important to assess. The findings can be used to inform the development of an assessment tool for a child’s concept of pain. MDPI 2018-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5789294/ /pubmed/29342976 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children5010012 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Pate, Joshua W. Hush, Julia M. Hancock, Mark J. Moseley, G. Lorimer Butler, David S. Simons, Laura E. Pacey, Verity A Child’s Concept of Pain: An International Survey of Pediatric Pain Experts |
title | A Child’s Concept of Pain: An International Survey of Pediatric Pain Experts |
title_full | A Child’s Concept of Pain: An International Survey of Pediatric Pain Experts |
title_fullStr | A Child’s Concept of Pain: An International Survey of Pediatric Pain Experts |
title_full_unstemmed | A Child’s Concept of Pain: An International Survey of Pediatric Pain Experts |
title_short | A Child’s Concept of Pain: An International Survey of Pediatric Pain Experts |
title_sort | child’s concept of pain: an international survey of pediatric pain experts |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5789294/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29342976 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children5010012 |
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