Scott P J, Ansell B M, Huskisson E C
Ann Rheum Dis. 1977 Apr;36(2):186-7. doi: 10.1136/ard.36.2.186.
Pain can be measured using a visual analogue scale in children with juvenile chronic polyarthritis. In a study of 100 children failures were uncommon after the age of 5. Pain severity was strikingly lower than in a group of adults with rheumatoid arthritis and correlated poorly with other measures of disease severity and activity. Because of the low scores, measurement of pain is likely to be less useful in children for assessing the effects of treatment than it is adults.
幼年慢性多关节炎患儿的疼痛可用视觉模拟量表进行测量。在一项针对100名儿童的研究中，5岁以后治疗失败的情况并不常见。疼痛严重程度明显低于一组类风湿性关节炎成人患者，且与疾病严重程度和活动的其他指标相关性较差。由于得分较低，与成人相比，疼痛测量在评估儿童治疗效果方面可能用处较小。
