Pain assessment tools for unconscious or sedated intensive care patients: a systematic review

: Pudas-Tahka SM, Axelin A, Aantaa R, Lund V, Salanterä S

Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC

: 2009

: Journal of Advanced Nursing

: JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING

: J ADV NURS

: 65

: 5

: 946

: 956

: 11

: 0309-2402

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04947.x

All instruments were reasonably new. In most of them psychometric testing was in an early stage or even absent. Before any of the reported instruments can be chosen in preference to others, it is essential to test their validity, reliability and feasibility further.

Nursing