Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
The Electronic Faces Thermometer Scale ( eFTS )—Construct Validity for Pain Assessment in Pediatric Postoperative Care in Sweden
Authors' conclusion
The electronic Faces Thermometer Scale provides a valid digital scale for self-report of pain within pediatric postoperative care.
Study context
- Population
- Children in pediatric postoperative care, pediatric surgery department in southern Sweden716 assessments
- Participants
- 88 children
- Comparison
- eFTS vs Colored Analogue Scale and Faces Pain Scale Revised
- Outcome
- Convergent and discriminant validity of eFTS
- Follow-up
- Before surgery, once alert and aware, and 30-45 min after the second time point
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Performance
As reported in the abstract
Convergent validity (agreement between scales)
Kendall's Tau B correlation coefficient across time points (statistically significant, also across ages and gender)
0.61 and 0.79
Clopper-Pearson proportion
0.70 to 0.90
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Original publication
The Electronic Faces Thermometer Scale ( eFTS )—Construct Validity for Pain Assessment in Pediatric Postoperative Care in Sweden. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 22 September 2025. doi:10.
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