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JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 114-120Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(01)00407-9
Keywords
sickle cell disease; pain assessment; children
Funding
- NCRR NIH HHS [5 M01 RR01271] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 20985] Funding Source: Medline
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The objectives of this study were to describe and compare the characteristics of pain experienced by children and young adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) in inpatient and outpatient settings. The Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool (APPT), a multidimensional self-report pain assessment, was completed by African American children and young adults (mean age 15.39 +/- 4.32) with SCD during a clinic visit (n = 52), day hospital visit (n = 29), or during the first 24 hours of an inpatient stay (n= 72). Multiple linear regression revealed that pain intensity, number of body areas with pain, and the quality of pain were related to age, sex, and care setting. Pain intensity, location, and quality were of greater magnitude than previous reports of early postoperative pain in children. Examining the specific dimensions of pain intensity, location, and quality and the influencing factors of age, sex, and care setting may lead to more effective treatments for SCD pain. (C) U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee, 2002.
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