• Pediatr Crit Care Me · Mar 2012

    The COMFORT behavior scale: is a shorter observation period feasible?.

    • Anneke A Boerlage, Erwin Ista, Marjan de Jong, Dick Tibboel, and Monique van Dijk.
    • Intensive Care and Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC- Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. a.boerlage@erasmusmc.nl
    • Pediatr Crit Care Me. 2012 Mar 1;13(2):e124-5.

    ObjectiveThe COMFORT behavior scale has been validated for postoperative pain in 0- to 3-yr-old children. Scoring is preceded by a 2-min observation period, which nurses may consider too long. The objective of this study was to test the reliability of a 30-sec observation period.DesignObservational study.SettingOne Level III intensive care unit at a university children's hospital.ParticipantsDesignated pain specialist and all nursing staff.InterventionsNone.MeasurementsThe pain specialist and caregiver nurse each conducted a bedside COMFORT behavior scale assessment and assigned an additional pain rating on the 11-point Numerical Rating Scale.Main ResultsTotal COMFORT behavior Scale score for the 2-min observation was 17 or higher in 19% of the patients and 11% for the 30-sec observation. The mean COMFORT behavior scale score for the 2-min observation was 13.5 (SD 3.8) and 12.7 (SD 3.7) for the 30-sec observation. The mean difference therefore was 0.8 (confidence interval 0.6-1.1, paired t test, p < .001). Sensitivity and positive predictive value for the 30-sec observation were 0.44 and 0.80, respectively.ConclusionsA 30-sec COMFORT behavior scale observation increases the risk of underscoring pain. Therefore, the 2-min observation period should be adhered to in the interest of the patients.

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