title: Word placement on the Word-Graphic Rating Scale by pediatric patients.
abstract: A descriptive study was undertaken to determine if children located at the descriptive words ("little pain", "medium pain," and "large pain") found on the Word-Graphic Rating Scale (WGRS) as they are placed on the original scale. The convenience sample consisted of 34 hospitalized children ages 8-15 years. There were 16 males and 18 females. Children did not place word descriptors equidistant on a 100 mm line. "Little pain" was placed closer to "no pain," while "medium pain" and "large pain" placement showed no statistical difference in simultaneous placement as compared to the WGRS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sinkin-Feldman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tesler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savedra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000298:Adolescent, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D015203:Reproducibility of Results