Making Pain Assessment More Accessible to Children and Parents: Can Greater Involvement Improve the Quality of Care?
Author(s): Franck LS, Allen A, Oulton K Affiliation(s): *lnstitute of Child Health, University College London daggerGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK. Publication date & source: 2007-05, Clin J Pain., 23(4):331-338. Publication type: OBJECTIVES: To determine whether nursing and parental pain assessment documentation and analgesia administration increased with the use of a temporary tattoo of a pain intensity scale (TTPS) compared with a paper version of the pain scale (PPS). To document any adverse skin reactions from the use of the TTPS and to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the PPS and TTPS for use as postoperative pain assessment tools in the home and clinical setting. METHODS: Two pilot randomized controlled trials were conducted to test the TTPS intervention and the PPS control condition in children aged 6 to 12 years, after surgery. Trial 1 involved children admitted to hospital for planned inpatient surgery (n=86). Trial 2 involved child
