Pain assessment in children with special needs: A review of the Literature

• Autores: Brenna L. Quinn, Esther Seibold, Laura Hayman
• Localización: Exceptional children, ISSN-e 2163-5560, ISSN 0014-4029, Vol. 82, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 44-57
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Challenges in assessing the pain of children with special needs are created by the differing abilities of these students to self-report pain presence and intensity. This article reports the results of a literature review examining methods of pain assessment for children with special needs. The authors note the need to foster partnerships with parents and educators when assessing pain in difficult-to-assess students, and identify research priorities, including: obtaining perspectives of school nurses and parents on child perception of pain and challenges encountered during the assessment process, including educators in research, identifying current assessment practices used by school-based caregivers, and including a broader population of children with special needs in pain assessment research.