Pain Assessment Tools
Objective: Name assessment tools
used in the assessment of pain
Pain Assessment Tools
• Revised –Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability
(revised-FLACC)
• Individual Numeric Rating Scale (INRS)
• The Non-communicating Children’s Pain
Checklist –Revised (NCCPC-R)
• The Non-communicating Children’s Pain
Checklist –Postoperative Version (NCCPC-PV)
• Pediatric Pain Profile (PPP)
Revised –Face, Legs, Activity, Cry,
Consolability
Revised- FLACC
Individualized Numeric Rating Scale
• 0-10 scale for cognitively impaired or critically ill for
children 8 and up
INRS
The Non-communicating Children’s
Pain Checklist –Revised (NCCPC-R)
• Used for children aged 3-18 who cannot speak
due to cognitive impairments or disabilities
• Can be used without training
• Is free for clinical or research use (contact
[email protected])
• Uses behaviors over the last 2 hours
NCCPC-R
NCCPC-R
NCCPC-R
The Non-communicating Children’s Pain
Checklist –Postoperative Version (NCCPCPV)
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Used for children 3-18 years
User does not need to be trained
Scored for behaviors over the last 10 min
For children who cannot speak to describe their symptoms
NCCPC-PV
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Used for children 3-18 years
User does not need to be trained
Scored for behaviors over the last 10 min
For children who cannot speak to describe
their symptoms
NCCPC-PV
NCCPC-PV
Pediatric Pain Profile
• Used for children with severe neurological disability
who cannot communicate verbally or with
augmentative communication
• 20 items scored “not at all” to “a great deal”
Pediatric Pain Profile