title: Agreement between child self-reported and parent-reported scores for chronic pain secondary to specific pediatric diseases.
abstract: Parental report on a child's secondary chronic pain is commonly requested by anesthesiologists when the child cannot directly provide information. Daily pain intensity is reported as highest, average and lowest. However, it is unclear whether the parents' score is a valid indicator of the child's pain experience.
  
  
  
  Nineteen children (aged 6-18years) with secondary chronic pain attending our anesthesiologist-run pediatric pain unit participated in this study. Identification of highest, average and lowest pain intensity levels were requested during initial screening interviews with the child and parents. Pain intensity was scored on a 0-10 numerical rating scale. Agreement was examined using: (i) intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and (ii) the Bland-Altman method.
  
  
  
  The ICC's between the children and the parents' pain intensity reports were: 0.92 for the highest, 0.68 for the average, and 0.50 for the lowest pain intensity domains. The limits of agreement set at 95% between child and parental reports were respectively +2.19 to -2.07, +3.17 to -3.88 and +5.15 to -5.50 for the highest, average and lowest pain domains.
  
  
  
  For the highest pain intensity domain, agreement between parents and children was excellent. If replicated this preliminary finding would suggest the highest pain intensity is the easiest domain for reporting pain intensity when a child cannot directly express him or herself.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología-Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Díez Rodriguez-Labajo
authors.affiliation: Unidad para el Estudio y Tratamiento del Dolor-ALGOS, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, España.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castarlenas
authors.affiliation: Unidad para el Estudio y Tratamiento del Dolor-ALGOS, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miró
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología-Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor Infantil, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España. Electronic address: francisco.reinoso@salud.madrid.org.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reinoso-Barbero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000503:physiopathology; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000523:psychology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D058748:Pain Perception; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D057566:Self Report
keywords: Adolescentes; Adolescents; Children; Chronic pain; Dolor crónico; Escala numérica de dolor; Intensidad de dolor; Numerical rating scale; Pain intensity; Parent-child; Pediatría; Relación padres-hijos