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
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spelling doaj-7fa041e64abb4e60ad591c166b2368932020-11-24T22:56:52ZengHindawi LimitedPain Research and Management1203-67652013-01-01186e124e12810.1155/2013/897104Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During ImmunizationRebecca J Gomez0Nick Barrowman1Sonja Elia2Elizabeth Manias3Jenny Royle4Denise Harrison5Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaChildren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaRoyal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, AustraliaUniversity of Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaRoyal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, AustraliaChildren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: 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 published psychometric data in this context.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/897104
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Denise Harrison
Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization
Pain Research and Management
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Nick Barrowman
Sonja Elia
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Denise Harrison
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title Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization
title_short Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization
title_full Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization
title_fullStr Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization
title_full_unstemmed Establishing Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale for Evaluating Pain in Toddlers During Immunization
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series Pain Research and Management
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publishDate 2013-01-01
description 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 published psychometric data in this context.
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