Validation and clinical application of a biopsychosocial model of pain intensity and functional disability in patients with a pediatric chronic pain condition referred to a subspecialty clinic.

Background. Pediatric chronic pain is considered to be a multidimensional construct that includes biological, psychological, and social components. Methods.

Patient versus parental perceptions about pain and disability in children and adolescents with a variety of chronic pain conditions.

Background: Cross-informant variance is often observed in patient self-reports versus parent proxy reports of pediatric chronic pain and disability.

Objective: To assess the relationship and merit of the child versus parent perspective.

Methods: A total of 99 patients (eight to 17 years of age [mean 13.

An observational study of patient versus parental perceptions of health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with a chronic pain condition: who should the clinician believe?

Background: Previous pediatric studies have observed a cross-informant variance in patient self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) versus parent proxy-reported HRQoL. This study assessed in older children and adolescents with a variety of chronic pain conditions: 1) the consistency and agreement between pediatric patients' self-report and their parents' proxy-report of their child's HRQoL; 2) whether this patient-parent agreement is dependent on additional demographic and clinical factors; and 3) the relationship between pediatric patient HRQoL and parental reported HRQoL.

Methods: The 99 enrolled patients (mean age 13.