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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2008 Nov 17;10(2):173–179. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.08.005

Table 1.

Ratings of pain# by 79 hospitalized children in Study 1

Very Happy Little Happy Hurts a Little Hurts a Lot Feel Now Wong-Baker##
Median 9 3 −2 −7 0 3
Minimum −2 −2 −10 −10 −10 0
Maximum 10 10 4 1 10 10
Mean 8.2 3.0 −1.8 −6.9 0.7 3.3
St. Dev.* 2.5. 2.2 2.3 2.9 4.5 2.7
*

Standard deviation

#

extreme happiness (+10) to extreme pain (−10)

##

range of very happy (0) to hurts worst (5)