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National survey on school-based fluoride mouth-rinsing programme in Japan: regional spread conditions from preschool to junior high school in 2010
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students intellectual disability id experience pain pain may limit extent may engage school activities although school nurses primarily responsible addressing students pain many barriers identifying pain students id purpose present study describe pain assessment practices school nurses students without id retrospective review conducted 4660 school health office visit records elementary school students presenting health office headache stomachache sore throat data extracted transcribed matrix data extracted included school grade referral source visit month gender cognitive ability chief concern pain assessment external contact disposition descriptive statistics calculated school nurses spent time average addressing pain neurotypical students students id neurotypical students often presented teacher dismissed school parents guardians contacted less often students compared students id quantified pain ratings documented 1 visits pain intensity ratings rarely documented utility ratings school setting may low alternatively obtaining pain intensity ratings younger children may challenging without use appropriate tools nurses teachers staff providing education care students id may require pain training implementation tools elicit student pain information parentsguardians school setting could decrease pointofcare contact school day proactively provide information unique child pain behaviors