• Pain Res Manag · Jan 2009

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    Improving the assessment of pediatric chronic pain: harnessing the potential of electronic diaries.

    • Jennifer N Stinson.
    • Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. jennifer.stinson@sickkids.ca
    • Pain Res Manag. 2009 Jan 1;14(1):59-64.

    AbstractCurrent methods for evaluating chronic pain in children suffer from methodological problems. Real-time data capture approaches using electronic diaries have been proposed as a new standard for pain measurement. However, there is limited information available regarding the development, feasibility and validity of these approaches in children. The present paper reviews problems with current measures; rationale for developing real-time data capture approaches using electronic diaries; mechanics of developing electronic pain diaries; current evidence regarding their usability, feasibility and validity; and discusses future directions for research in this area.

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