The search of the 4 databases revealed a total of 35 infant pain assessment tools. Many tools were unidimensional in nature. Additionally, some of the unidimensional tools were specifically designed ...

A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global collaboration ...

Background Upper and lower limb (peripheral) pain is prevalent in athletes. Contemporary research prioritises multidimensional pain assessment and classification. This study aims to review ...

Pain assessment in elderly nursing home residents can be a challenge, as over half of these individuals have dementia, and many are unable to self-report pain. Zwakhalen et al. conducted a systematic ...

The medical community has often viewed chronic pain in two different ways; as either a condition of the body or a condition of the mind. Assessing the whole patient, weighing physical impairment, ...

BackgroundChildren around the world experience pain in very different contexts, shaped by geography, culture, health systems, and social inequities. Despite ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Details on pain recall may be necessary to supplement the numerical rating and VAS for pain assessment in ...

Many elderly people experience pain and regularly take analgesic medication. Pain is also frequent in people with dementia, particularly those with severe disease. As no robust clinical guidelines are ...

Purpose: To examine the issue of pain assessment in infants by acquiring all available published pain assessment tools and evaluating their reported reliability, validity, clinical utility, and ...