The Concept of Pain Inventory (COPI): Assessing a Child’s Concept of Pain

Discussion: These results support the COPI as a brief, psychometrically sound tool to assess a child’s concept of pain. Clinically, this tool may facilitate individualized pain science education to target identified conceptual “gaps” or misconceptions and to evaluate the effectiveness of pain science education in children. Further research examining its efficacy and impact is warranted.
Source: The Clinical Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research