CONTENT VALIDITY OF FLACC SCALE IN EVALUATING PAIN SEVERITY OF CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEAR-OLD POSTOPERATIVELY
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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.
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Pain scale, children pain postoperatively, Face-Legs-Activities-Cry-Consolibility Scale
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