Association between self-report pain ratings of child and parent, child and nurse and parent and nurse dyads: meta-analysis.

Aim: This paper is a report of a meta-analysis to investigate the association between self-report pain ratings for the dyads of child and parent, child and nurse and parent and nurse.

Background: Existing research has shown conflicting results with regard to agreements of self-report pain ratings between the three dyads.

Data Sources: The CINAHL, Medline, Ovid and PsycINFO databases were searched using keyword, such as 'children/adolescents', 'parents/nurses', 'pain assessment', 'pain ratings', 'association' and 'agreement'.