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Three new datasets supporting use of the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS-11) for children’s self-reports of pain intensity

  • Carl L. von Baeyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, 9 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A5
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, 9 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A5. Fax: +1 306 966 6630.
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  • Lara J. Spagrud

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, 9 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A5
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  • Julia C. McCormick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, 9 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A5
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  • Eugene Choo

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, and British Columbia Children’s and Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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  • Kathleen Neville

      Affiliations

    • Children’s Mercy Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine, USA
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  • Mark A. Connelly

      Affiliations

    • Children’s Mercy Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine, USA

Received 6 January 2009 ,Revised 23 February 2009 ,Accepted 4 March 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00152-3

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.03.002

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