ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2018
A Child's Concept of Pain: An International Survey of Pediatric Pain Experts.
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- Clinimetric Evaluation of the English Version of the Conceptualization of Pain Questionnaire (COPAQ).The Clinical journal of pain · 2026Article
- Adolescents' understanding of pain and their preferences for learning about pain at school: a cross-sectional survey.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- [An instrument to assess biopsychosocial pain concepts in adults : Development and evaluation by experts].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
- Navigating diagnostic uncertainty in children's chronic lower limb pain: A qualitative study of management strategies using vignette-based focus groups.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2025Article
- Identifying Latent Profiles of Healthy Adults' Biopsychosocial Pain Concepts.Pain research & management · 2025Article
- The Concept of Pain in Children Attending Primary School: Implications for School-Based Pain Education.Pain research & management · 2025Article
- Narrative Review of the Complex Interaction between Pain and Trauma in Children: A Focus on Biological Memory, Preclinical Data, and Epigenetic Processes.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Know Pain, No Pain? Preliminary Testing and Application of a New Tool to Assess Biopsychosocial Pain Concepts in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Development of the Conceptualization of Pain Questionnaire: A Measure to Study How Children Conceptualize Pain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Creating online animated videos to reach and engage youth: Lessons learned from pain science education and a call to action.Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2020Article
- Squeezing a squishy object effectively controls pain in children during intravenous catheter insertion.Pediatric reports · 2020Article
- Exploring the concept of pain of Australian children with and without pain: qualitative study.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Best-Evidence for the Rehabilitation of Chronic Pain Part 1: Pediatric Pain.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
- Talking to Teens about Pain: A Modified Delphi Study of Adolescent Pain Science Education.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2019Article
- "A journey to learn about pain": the development and validation of a comic book about pain neuroscience education for children.Brazilian journal of physical therapyArticle
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Abstract
A child's 'concept of pain' refers to how they understand what pain actually is, what function pain serves, and what biological processes are thought to underpin it. We aimed to determine pediatric pain experts' opinions of: (1) the importance and usefulness of assessing a child's concept of pain in clinical and/or research settings; (2) the usefulness of the content of items within currently published adult-targeted resources for assessing a child's concept of pain; and (3) important domains of a child's concept of pain to assess. Forty-nine pediatric pain experts (response rate = 75.4%) completed an online survey. Descriptive statistics and frequency of responses were analyzed. Experts from all included disciplines reported that assessing a child's concept of pain is important and useful both clinically and in a research setting (>80% reported very or extremely useful for each item). Experts considered that the content of 13 items from currently published adult-targeted resources was useful, but the wording was too complex for children aged 8-12 years. Experts considered that all seven of the proposed domains of a child's concept of pain was important to assess. The findings can be used to inform the development of an assessment tool for a child's concept of pain.
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