However, this is not considered critical for the value of the assessment method, because those patients receiving some form of sedation or pain reduction during painful interventions received a significantly lower pain assessment than those who did not receive any form of pain reduction.
Það er þó ekki talið úrslitaatriði um réttmæti kvarðans þar sem samkvæmt útreikningum fengu þau börn sem hlutu verkjastillingu í sársaukafullum aðstæðum, marktækt færri stig en þau sem ekki fengu verkjastillingu.