NGHIÊN CỨU CHUYỂN NGỮ THANG ĐO FLACC SANG TIẾNG VIỆT TRONG ĐÁNH GIÁ ĐAU SAU MỔ CHO TRẺ DƯỚI 3 TUỔI

Abstract

Introduction: FLACC had been using for evaluating pain severity in children for many years but this scale has not been evaluated the validity and practical level in Vietnamese version. Objectives: To evaluate the content validity and practical level of FLACC when translating to Vietnamese version at National Children’s Hospital, Anesthesiology Department. Methods: The FLACC was translated to 2 Vietnamese versions, these Vietnamese FLACC versions was summarized to 1 completing Vietnamese version and be back-translated to English FLACC version. The completing Vietnamese version and the English back-translation version were evaluated the content validity and the practical level by the specialist Committee to compare the agreement of this back-translation version with the original version. Finally, the completion Vietnamese FLACC version was evaluated the practical level by 30 Doctors and Nurses at Anesthesiology Department, National Children’s Hospital, Vietnam. Results: The Vietnamese FLACC version and the back-translation version have content validity when comparing with the original version. The mean time in which medical staffs spent on using FLACC to evaluate pain level in children under 3 year-old in recovery room postoperatively was 2 minutes. Conclusion: This research results demonstrated that Vietnamese FLACC version has content validity.