PHYSIOLOGICAL, SELF-REPORT, AND BEHAVIORAL RATINGS OF PAIN IN THREE TO SEVEN YEAR OLD AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND ANGLO-AMERICAN CHILDREN (YOUNG CHILDREN, PRESCHOOLERS, MEDICATION DOSAGE).
Contributors: University of Miami.
Published: 1995
Number of pages: 83
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.; Psychology, Psychobiology.
Description: Children of two cultural groups, African-American and Anglo-American, were studied to determine if there was a difference in three dimensions of pain assessment and the total amount of pain medication given 24 hours post-operatively. There was a significant difference in the behavioral assessment score on the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Pain Scale (CHEOPS) (p =.043). African-American children were rated lower on pain behaviors than were Anglo-American children. In regard to physiological measures, African-American children exhibited a significant difference in respiratory rate pre- and post-operatively (p =.032). Anglo-American children exhibited a significant difference pre- and post-operatively in heart rate (p =.016), respiratory rate (p =.003), systolic blood pressure (p =.031), and temperature (p =.044). There was no difference between the two cultural groups in the self-report assessment score on the Faces Scale. An equianalgesic dosage of pain medication was determined for each subject for the first 24 hours post-operatively. There was no statistically significant difference between the two cultural groups in the amount of pain medication given. There was a significant correlation (r =.35, p =.009) between the children's self assessment (Faces Scale) and their behavioral pain score (CHEOPS). There were also a significant difference between genders on the behavioral assessment (CHEOPS). Female pain behaviors were rated higher than male pain behaviors (p = $-$.012).
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-08, Section: B, page: 4236.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, 1995.

School code: 0125.