Table 4.
Overall ratings of qualitatively summarised psychometric properties and quality of the evidence per pain measure.
| Measure | Content validity | Structural validity | Cross-cultural validity | Internal consistency | Hypotheses testing | Criterion validity | Reliability | Measurement error | Responsiveness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPT | ? (Low) | NA | ? (Low) | + (Moderate) | NA | NA | + (High) | NA | NA |
| COMFORT | + (Moderate) | + (Moderate) | NA | + (High) | + (Low) | NA | + (High) | NA | + (Low) |
| CPI | NA | NA | NA | + (Moderate) | − (Moderate) | NA | NA | NA | − (Moderate) |
| DEGR | NA | + (High) | NA | + (High) | − (Moderate) | NA | + (Moderate) | NA | − (Moderate) |
| DOLLS | NA | NA | NA | NA | + (Moderate) | + (High) | NA | NA | + (Moderate) |
| FLACC | NA | NA | NA | + (Moderate) | + (Moderate) | + (Low) | + (High) | NA | + (Moderate) |
| Le Baron and Zeltzer Faces Scale | NA | NA | NA | + (High) | ? (Very low) | NA | NA | NA | ? (Very low) |
| FPS-R | NA | NA | + (Very low) | NA | + (Moderate) | − (Moderate) | NA | NA | + (Very low) |
| HEDEN | NA | NA | NA | − (Moderate) | − (Moderate) | NA | − (Very low) | NA | − (Moderate) |
| MIPS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | + (Very low) | − (Very low) | NA | NA |
| MSAS (7–12) | NA | NA | NA | − (Moderate) | NA | + (Moderate) | − (Moderate) | NA | NA |
| OMDQ | NA | NA | NA | NA | + (High) | NA | + (Low) | NA | + (High) |
| OPS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | − (Very low) |
| Pain Squad | + (Low) | NA | NA | + (High) | − (High) | NA | NA | NA | − (Moderate) |
| PBCL | NA | NA | NA | + (Very low) | − (Moderate) | − (Moderate) | ? (Low) | NA | − (Low) |
| PCT | NA | NA | NA | NA | + (Very low) | − (Low) | ? (Very low) | NA | − (Low) |
| PII | NA | NA | NA | + (Moderate) | − (Moderate) | NA | NA | NA | − (Moderate) |
| PII (PII-P) | NA | NA | NA | + (Moderate) | NA | − (Moderate) | NA | NA | NA |
| PPP | + (Very low) | NA | + (High) | + (High) | − (Moderate) | + (Moderate) | + (Moderate) | NA | + (Low) |
| RPS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | + (Moderate) | + (Low) | NA | + (Low) |
| SSPedi | NA | NA | NA | + (Moderate) | − (Low) | NA | + (Moderate) | NA | − (Low) |
| WBS | NA | NA | NA | NA | + (High) | + (High) | ? (Low) | NA | + (High) |
: sufficient overall rating psychometric properties; ?: indeterminate overall rating psychometric property; −: insufficient overall rating psychometric property; NA: information not available; APPT: Adolescent Paediatric Pain Tool; CPI: Children’s Procedural Interview; DEGR scale: Douleur Enfant Gustave Roussy; FPS-R: Faces Pain Scale-Revised; FLACC scale: Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scale; HEDEN scale: Hétero Evaluation Douleur Enfant scale; MIPS: Modified Infant Pain Scale; MSAS: Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale; NA: not available; OMDQ: Oral Mucositis Daily Questionnaire; OPS: Objective Pain Scale; PBCL: Pain Behaviour Check List; PCT: Poker Chip Tool; PII: Pain Interference Index; PII-P: Pain Interference Index-Parent; PPP: Paediatric Pain Profile; r: Pearson product moment correlation coefficient; RPS: Rainbow Pain Scale; rs: Spearman correlation coefficient; SSPedi: Symptom Screening in Paediatrics; τ: Kendall’s tau (τ) correlation coefficient; WBS: Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale.