Comfort Behavior Scale

Vas visual analogue scale put a mark on the line below to indicate how much pain you think the child has at this very moment.

Comfort behavior scale. The mean comfort behavior scale score for the 2 min observation was 13 5 sd 3 8 and 12 7 sd 3 7 for the 30 sec observation. The objective of this study was to determine whether this scale is also valid for the assessment of pain in 0 to 3 year old children with down syndrome. These children often u.

The mean difference therefore was 0 8 confidence interval 0 6 1 1 paired t test p 001. Patient sticker details medication details child s condition type of assessment before or after medication or standard assessment mean arterial blood pressure and heart rate are not included in this version of the. Following extubation and transfer to the post anesthetic care unit pacu the patient was noted to have a comfort behavior scale score of 11 scores range from 6 no pain to 30 greatest pain.

A 30 sec comfort behavior scale observation increases the risk of underscoring pain. Van dijk m 1 peters jw van deventer p tibboel d. Many pediatric intensive care units use the comfort behavior scale comfort b to assess pain in 0 to 3 year old children.

The comfort behaviour scale detects clinically meaningful effects of analgesic and sedative treatment. 84 2 3 367 77 pubmed abstract boerlage aa ista e duivenvoorden hj de wildt sn tibboel d van dijk m. The comfort behavior scale.

1 department of pediatric surgery erasmus medical center sophia children s hospital rotterdam the netherlands. The reliability and validity of the comfort scale as a postoperative pain instrument in 0 to 3 year old infants. 15659992 indexed for medline publication types.

Therefore the 2 min observation period should be adhered to. It is also used to assess the impact of treatment interventions but little is known on the scale s sensitivity to detect changes between before and after measurements following an intervention. A tool for assessing pain and sedation in infants.