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Arch Dis Child 2005;90:269-270 doi:10.1136/adc.2003.044404
  • Community child health, public health, and epidemiology

A comparison of pain scales in Thai children

  1. C J Newman1,
  2. R Lolekha2,
  3. K Limkittikul3,
  4. K Luangxay3,
  5. T Chotpitayasunondh2,
  6. P Chanthavanich3
  1. 1Department of Paediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
  2. 2Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, Thailand
  3. 3Department of Tropical Pediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr C J Newman
    Department of Paediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; Christopher.Newmanhospvd.ch
  • Accepted 15 June 2004

Abstract

Three commonly used pain scales, the visual analogue scale, the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale, and the Faces Pain Scale Revised were administered to 122 Thai children, of whom half were HIV infected, in order to assess their validity. These scales presented moderate to good correlation and moderate agreement, sufficient for valid use in Thai children.

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  • Competing interests: none declared

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