Title |
Psychometric comparison of three behavioural scales for the assessment of pain in critically ill patients unable to self-report
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Published in |
Critical Care, July 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/cc14000 |
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Authors |
Gerald Chanques, Anne Pohlman, John P Kress, Nicolas Molinari, Audrey de Jong, Samir Jaber, Jesse B Hall |
Abstract |
Pain assessment is associated with important outcomes in ICU patients but remains challenging, particularly in non-communicative patients. Use of a reliable tool is paramount to allow any implementation of sedation/analgesia protocols in a multidisciplinary team. This study compared psychometric properties (inter-rater agreement primarily; validity, responsiveness and feasibility secondarily) of three pain scales: Behavioural Pain Scale (BPS/BPS-NI, that is BPS for Non-Intubated patients), Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) and Non-verbal Pain Scale (NVPS), the pain tool routinely used in this 16-bed medical ICU. |
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