The Clinical journal of pain
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To evaluate the psychometric properties of 4 measures of acute pain in youth with sickle cell disease (SCD) during a medical procedure. ⋯ Criterion and convergent validity were demonstrated for child-report, parent-report, and observable pain behaviors. These measures seem to tap into distinct, yet overlapping aspects of the pain experience. Assessment of acute procedural pain responses in SCD requires evaluation of preprocedural pain due to the frequent presence of low-level, baseline pain.
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The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a 3-week multimodal inpatient pain program for children and adolescents with chronic pain. ⋯ Results of the study are promising in at least 2 ways: (1) a multimodal inpatient program might stop the negative effects of chronic pain, disability, and emotional distress in children and adolescents, and (2) the exploration of clinical significance testing has demonstrated utility and can be applied to future effectiveness studies in pediatric pain.