@article{ref1,
title="Comparison of skin conductance measurements and subjective pain scores in children with minor injuries",
journal="Acta paediatrica",
year="2013",
author="Strehle, Eugen-Matthias and Gray, William K.",
volume="102",
number="11",
pages="e502-e506",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0803-5253",
doi="10.1111/apa.12382",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apa.12382"
}