title: A qualitative analysis of how parents assess acute pain in young children.
abstract: An accurate and comprehensive pain assessment is crucial for adequate pain management in pre- and early verbal children during painful medical procedures. This study used an inductive approach to explore the processes involved in parental pain assessment and to develop a new model of Parental Assessment of Acute Child Pain. Participants were 19 parents of children aged under 3 years who had previously or were potentially about to experience an intravenous cannula or nasogastric tube insertion. Parental affect regulation, while witnessing their child in acute pain/distress, appeared to be critical to the processes involved in assessing their child's pain.
authors.affiliation: Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
authors.forename: Candice
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loopstra
authors.affiliation: Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
authors.forename: Esben
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Strodl
authors.affiliation: Mater Children's Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herd
keywords: affect regulation; assessment; grounded theory; parent; pediatric pain