A qualitative study of the language of satisfaction in children with pain.

Background: Measures of satisfaction are essential to understanding patient experience, in general, and particularly with pain management.

Objectives: (A) To identify the words children commonly use to communicate satisfaction, in general, and for pain management and (B) to determine if this vocabulary matches their caregivers.

Methods: A study of child-caregiver pairs seen at a paediatric emergency department (PED) from July to November 2014 was conducted.