Children's behavior in the postanesthesia care unit: the development of the Child Behavior Coding System-PACU (CBCS-P).

Objective: To develop and validate a behavioral coding measure, the Children's Behavior Coding System-PACU (CBCS-P), for children's distress and nondistress behaviors while in the postanesthesia recovery unit.

Methods: A multidisciplinary team examined videotapes of children in the PACU and developed a coding scheme that subsequently underwent a refinement process (CBCS-P). To examine the reliability and validity of the coding system, 121 children and their parents were videotaped during their stay in the PACU.

Time-window sequential analysis: an introduction for pediatric psychologists.

Objective: Pediatric psychologists are often interested in interactions among individuals (e.g., doctors and patients, parents and children).