[Using tools for pain perception assessment in hospitalized pre-school children undergoing painful procedures].
The aim of this study was evaluate the utilization of tools for pain perception assessment in 41 hospitalized pre-school children submitted to painful procedures: care of wounds or blood extraction. The utilized tools were the faces scale, behavioral indicators and words which describe the pain. Most of the pre-schoolers understood and correctly answered to the faces scale, which can be noticed by the crescent movement 0 (no pain) 4 (maximum pain) during the choice of faces before and after the painful procedure. Crying, immortality and forehead wrinkling were the predominant behavioral indicators, intensified during the procedure. Pre-schoolers verbalizations about their pain showed up to be concrete terms or evaluative-indicative nature, resulting in variable or weakly precise concepts.
Rossato
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Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Psiquiátrica, Escola de Enfermagem da USP.
Angelo
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D000367:Age Factors; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D002666:Psychology, Child; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications