tool INRS (including for nonverbal behaviors children with specific to intellectual those with disability CI) in the assessment of pain in this population Study Randomized, Randomized, Design investigator prospective blinded cohort study prospective cohort study Validity Yes Yes Results High High reliability: ICC reliability: ICC 0.75 0.87, 0.82 0.87 – – with and Validity: score 0.9 and r>0.6 for Validity with usefulness as strong correlations (> 0.65). tool. Limitations Used to Small sample assess acute size post-op pain Subjects with Unique/ severe CI (no individualized variations) pain Specific pain behaviors assessment will need to for acute be by pain only nurses and during not all can be period accounted for in the scale Application For pain For pain assessment assessment in children in non-verbal
tool (including behaviors specific to those with CI) in the assessment of pain in this population INRS for nonverbal children with intellectual disability Study Design Randomized, investigator blinded prospective cohort study Randomized, prospective cohort study Validity Yes Yes Results High reliability: ICC 0.75 – 0.87, with score 0.9 and Validity with strong correlations (> 0.65). High reliability: ICC 0.82 – 0.87 and Validity: r>0.6 for usefulness as tool. Limitations Used to assess acute post-op pain Unique/ individualized pain behaviors will need to be by nurses and not all can be accounted for in the scale Small sample size Subjects with severe CI (no variations) Specific pain assessment for acute pain only during period Application For pain assessment in children For pain assessment in non-verbal
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