Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization

BACKGROUND: The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) scale is a five-item tool that was developed to assess postoperative pain in young children. The tool is frequently used as an outcome measure in studies investigating acute procedural pain in young children; however, there are limited...

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Main Authors: Rebecca J Gomez, Nick Barrowman, Sonja Elia, Elizabeth Manias, Jenny Royle, Denise Harrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/897104