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The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability (FLACC) Scale

Código: 10545 · face_legs_activity_cry_consolability_flacc_scale

Evaluates postoperative pain in young children.

Prognosis

Referencias

Original/Primary Reference

  1. Merkel SI, Voepel-Lewis T, Shayevitz JR, Malviya S. The FLACC: a behavioral scale for scoring postoperative pain in young children. Pediatr Nurs. 1997;23(3):293-297. ↗

Other References

  1. Malviya S, Voepel‐Lewis T, Burke C, Merkel S, Tait AR. The revised FLACC observational pain tool: improved reliability and validity for pain assessment in children with cognitive impairment. Pediatric Anesthesia. 2006;16(3):258-265. ↗
  2. Chen-Lim ML, Zarnowsky C, Green R, Shaffer S, Holtzer B, Ely E. Optimizing the assessment of pain in children who are cognitively impaired through the quality improvement process. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 2012;27(6):750-759. ↗
  3. Voepel-Lewis T, Merkel S, Tait AR, Trzcinka A, Malviya S. The reliability and validity of the face, legs, activity, cry, consolability observational tool as a measure of pain in children with cognitive impairment. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2002;95(5):1224-1229. ↗

Validation

  1. Voepel-Lewis T, Zanotti J, Dammeyer JA, Merkel S. Reliability and validity of the face, legs, activity, cry, consolability behavioral tool in assessing acute pain in critically ill patients. American Journal of Critical Care. 2010;19(1):55-61. ↗
  2. Crellin DJ, Harrison D, Santamaria N, Babl FE. Systematic review of the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry and Consolability scale for assessing pain in infants and children: is it reliable, valid, and feasible for use? Pain. 2015;156(11):2132-2151. ↗
  3. Pizzinato A, Liguoro I, Pusiol A, Cogo P, Palese A, Vidal E. Detection and assessment of postoperative pain in children with cognitive impairment: A systematic literature review and meta‐analysis. European Journal of Pain. 2022;26(5):965-979. ↗