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

Objectives: Clinical guidelines recommend that health care providers assist children to understand their experience of persistent pain, with pain science education a key component of clinical management in pediatric pain clinics. Currently, no tool exists to assess a child's concept of pain. The aim of this study was to develop such a tool and to evaluate its psychometric properties.

Prognostic factors for pain and functional disability in children and adolescents with persisting pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate prognostic factors for pain and functional disability in children and/or adolescents with persisting pain.

Databases And Data Treatment: To be included, studies had to be published, peer-reviewed prospective cohort studies of children and/or adolescents with persisting pain at baseline, that reported at least one baseline prognostic factor and its relationship with pain or functional disability at least 1 month after baseline. Two reviewers independently assessed study eligibility, completed data extraction and undertook quality assessment.

Exploring the concept of pain of Australian children with and without pain: qualitative study.

Objective: A person's concept of pain can be defined as how they understand what pain actually is, what function it serves and what biological processes are thought to underpin it. This study aimed to explore the concept of pain in children with and without persistent pain.

Design: In-depth, face-to-face interviews with drawing tasks were conducted with 16 children (aged 8-12 years) in New South Wales, Australia.

The Management of Complex Pain in Children Referred to a Pain Clinic at a Tertiary Children's Hospital in Australia.

Synopsis One of the key aspects of good health care for children and young people is the prevention and management of pain. The experience of persistent pain in children and adolescents not only has a major impact on physical, emotional, social, and developmental well-being, but also impacts the broader world, which includes family, school, and social networks. The multidisciplinary pediatric pain clinic adopts a holistic approach to care through a biopsychosocial model.