van Loon Johannes P A M, Van Dierendonck Machteld C
Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 114, NL-3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 114, NL-3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium; Department of Veterinary Sciences Antwerp University, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk - Antwerp, Belgium.
Vet J. 2017 Feb;220:88-90. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.01.006. Epub 2017 Jan 10.
This study validates a recently described pain scale, the Equine Utrecht University scale for facial assessment of pain (EQUUS-FAP), in horses with acute or postoperative pain originating from the head, including dental pain, ocular pain, or trauma to the skull. This cohort study of 23 horses with head-related pain and 23 normal, healthy controls revealed significant differences in EQUUS-FAP scores between control horses and horses with acute or postoperative pain (P <0.001). Moreover, pain scores after surgery decreased significantly over time (P <0.001). The scale showed good inter-observer reliability (intra-class correlation coefficient = 0.92), sensitivity (80%), specificity (78%), and positive (80%) and negative predictive values (78%).
本研究验证了一种最近描述的疼痛量表——马乌得勒支大学面部疼痛评估量表（EQUUS-FAP），该量表用于评估患有源于头部的急性疼痛或术后疼痛的马匹，包括牙齿疼痛、眼部疼痛或颅骨创伤。这项对23匹患有头部相关疼痛的马和23匹正常健康对照马的队列研究显示，对照马与患有急性疼痛或术后疼痛的马在EQUUS-FAP评分上存在显著差异（P <0.001）。此外，术后疼痛评分随时间显著降低（P <0.001）。该量表显示出良好的观察者间可靠性（组内相关系数=0.92）、敏感性（80%）、特异性（78%）以及阳性预测值（80%）和阴性预测值（78%）。
