Mesko Phyllis J, Eliades Aris Beoglos
J Perianesth Nurs. 2018 Jun;33(3):319-324. doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2016.11.010. Epub 2017 Apr 13.
This study uses the Pain Area Locator (PAL) tool, a picture communication aid with body and medical equipment icons, to identify pain location in postoperative pediatric patients and assesses discrepancies between nurses' pain location assessment and pain location identified using the PAL tool.
This descriptive study used a quantitative, comparative design, with a convenience sample of pediatric postoperative patients undergoing same-day surgeries at a free-standing, acute care, Magnet designated pediatric hospital.
The child's pain location was assessed by asking the child to point to one of the 12 pictures on the PAL tool of where they hurt.
All 41 (100%) of the postoperative children in the study demonstrated ability to use the PAL tool. The child identified a pain location in 34 assessments (83%) when the nurse documented no pain location.
This investigation expands on previous evidence supporting that children can use the PAL tool to identify the pain location postoperatively.
本研究使用疼痛区域定位器（PAL）工具，一种带有身体和医疗设备图标 的图片沟通辅助工具，来确定儿科术后患者的疼痛位置，并评估护士对疼痛位置的评估与使用PAL工具确定的疼痛位置之间的差异。
本描述性研究采用定量、比较性设计，以一家独立的、急症护理、获得磁体认证的儿科医院中接受当日手术的儿科术后患者为便利样本。
通过让儿童指出PAL工具上12张图片中他们疼痛部位的其中一张，来评估儿童的疼痛位置。
研究中的所有41名（100%）术后儿童都表现出使用PAL工具的能力。当护士记录无疼痛位置时，儿童在34次评估中（83%）确定了疼痛位置。
本调查扩展了先前的证据，支持儿童可以使用PAL工具来确定术后疼痛位置。
