title: Pain in children: developing a programme of research.
abstract: Developing a programme of research is important in advancing the science and practice of a discipline. This paper addresses in general the steps taken in developing a programme of research on pain in children. It reports the results of studies undertaken to develop and test a Pain Assessment Tool for Children and gives an overview of a trajectory of studies currently in progress or under completion. Future plans to further develop this area of research are also presented and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Abu-Saad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012660:Semantics