Emergency nurse : the journal of the RCN Accident and Emergency Nursing Association
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To test the convergent validity of the Manchester pain scale when compared to the current 'gold standard' in children's pain assessment, the Oucher pain scale. ⋯ There is strong convergent validity between the scales as demonstrated by a high degree of correlation between the numerical and pictorial scores generated by the Manchester and Oucher pain scales. The Manchester pain scale can be used to assess pain in children presenting to emergency departments.