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Citation

Strehle EM, Gray WK. Acta Paediatr. 2013; 102(11): e502-e506.

Affiliation

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Shields, UK; School of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/apa.12382

PMID

23927755

Abstract

AIMS: Objective measures of perceived pain may aid clinicians in decision-making regarding analgesia. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an algesimeter to assess the pain response of children to minor injury when compared to self-report. METHODS: A commercially available skin conductance algesimeter was used to record pain in children due to a paediatric minor injury, a district general hospital. The recordings were compared to self-reported pain scores using the Wong-Baker FACES(®) Pain Rating Scale. RESULTS: Sixty-seven children below 16 years of age (36 females, 53.7%, mean age 11.9 years, standard deviation 3.1 years) were assessed. There was a significant correlation between self-reported pain and number of fluctuations in skin conductance per second for girls (r = 0.325, p = 0.027), but not for boys (r = 0.160, p = 0.194). There was no significant association between self-reported pain and number of fluctuation in skin conductance per second and patient age. CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant correlation between self-reported pain and the number of fluctuations in skin conductance in girls, but not boys. There may be a number of reasons for this gender variation, including difficulty in rating pain and lack of sensitivity in the pain rating scale. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


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