Rathnam Arun, Madan Nidhi, Madan Neeti
Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, India.
Contemp Clin Dent. 2010 Jul;1(3):142-5. doi: 10.4103/0976-237X.72778.
Pain perception is a very controversial topic in child patients. It is affected by various factors such as fear, anxiety, previous experiences, parental factors, and pain threshold. The communication of such pain by the child to the parent is also very confusing with children having rudimentary and developing communication skills. A study to evaluate the pain perception of children and the parental understanding of the children's pain would be helpful in this scenario. The effect on behavior due to pain is also attempted in this particular study.
A cross-sectional study of 100 children aged between 5-13 years accompanied by either parent was performed. Data collection was done with the help of questionnaires, which assessed the parental understanding of the child's pain. Pain perception recording was done with the Visual Analog Scale of Faces (VASOF). The behavior of the child was noted using the Frankl's behavior rating scale. Data was collated and statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS (version 10) software.
The results show that parental factors such as education, work culture, influence parental understanding of pain. VASOF proves to be a reliable tool for pain perception in children. Behavior of the child shows a positive correlation to pain perception.
疼痛感知在儿童患者中是一个极具争议的话题。它受到多种因素的影响，如恐惧、焦虑、既往经历、父母因素以及疼痛阈值。由于儿童的沟通技能尚不完善且仍在发展，他们向父母传达此类疼痛的方式也非常令人困惑。在这种情况下，一项评估儿童疼痛感知以及父母对儿童疼痛理解的研究将有所帮助。在这项特定研究中还尝试了疼痛对行为的影响。
对100名5至13岁且有父母陪伴的儿童进行了横断面研究。借助问卷进行数据收集，问卷评估了父母对孩子疼痛的理解。使用面部视觉模拟量表（VASOF）记录疼痛感知。使用弗兰克尔行为评定量表记录儿童的行为。对数据进行整理，并使用SPSS（版本10）软件进行统计分析。
结果表明，诸如教育程度、工作文化等父母因素会影响父母对疼痛的理解。VASOF被证明是一种用于儿童疼痛感知的可靠工具。儿童的行为与疼痛感知呈正相关。
