Pain-coping scale for children and their parents: a cross-sectional study in children with musculoskeletal pain
Authors' conclusion
We created a shorter, feasible pain-coping scale for children and a novel scale for caregivers.
Study context
- Population
- Consecutive patients aged 8–16 years visiting a paediatric rheumatology outpatient clinic with musculoskeletal pain during the past week, and their parents; nine hospitals in Finland91 (70%) girls
- Participants
- 130 patients
- Outcome
- Development of pain-coping scales for parents and a shorter improved scale for children
Methodological detailsmulticentre, factor analyses
- Multicentre
- Factor analyses
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Factors retained in both scales
4
Items per scale (children's scale reduced from 39 to 20 items before selection)
15
Items per factor
2-5
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Pain-coping scale for children and their parents: a cross-sectional study in children with musculoskeletal pain. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. Published 25 January 2023. doi:10.
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