| ARCHETYPE ID | openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.comfort_behaviour_scale.v0 |
| Concept | Comfort behaviour scale |
| Description | A numerical scale for pain and/or sedation assessment in pediatric ICU patients. |
| Use | Used for pain and/or sedation assessment in pediatric ICU patients. |
| Misuse | Not to be used for pain and/or sedation assessment in adult populations. |
| Purpose | The Comfort Behavioural scale is a modification of the original Comfort scale (1992), used for pain assesment in children in ICU and, complementarily, for sedation assessment in nonsurgical pediatric ICU patients. |
| References | Ambuel B, Hamlett KW, Marx CM, Blumer J. Assessing distress in pediatric intensive care environments: The COMFORT scale. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 17(1):95-109, 1992. van Dijk M, Peters JWB, van Deventer P, Tibboel P. The COMFORT Behavior Scale: A tool for assessing pain and sedation in infants. American Journal of Nursing 105(1): 33-36, 2005. Ista E, van Dijk M, Tibboel D, de Hoog M. Assessment of sedation levels in pediatric intensive care patients can be improved by using the COMFORT "behavior" scale. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 6(1):58-63, 2005. |
| Copyright | © openEHR Foundation(en), openEHR Foundation |
| Authors | Author name: Alan D. March Organisation: Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina Email: alandmarch@gmail.com Date originally authored: 2016-08-31 |
| Other Details Language | Author name: Alan D. March Organisation: Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina Email: alandmarch@gmail.com Date originally authored: 2016-08-31 |
| OtherDetails Language Independent | {licence=This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/., custodian_organisation=openEHR Foundation, references=Ambuel B, Hamlett KW, Marx CM, Blumer J. Assessing distress in pediatric intensive care environments: The COMFORT scale. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 17(1):95-109, 1992.
van Dijk M, Peters JWB, van Deventer P, Tibboel P. The COMFORT Behavior Scale: A tool for assessing pain and sedation in infants. American Journal of Nursing 105(1): 33-36, 2005.
Ista E, van Dijk M, Tibboel D, de Hoog M. Assessment of sedation levels in pediatric intensive care patients can be improved by using the COMFORT "behavior" scale. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 6(1):58-63, 2005., current_contact=Alan D. March |
| Keywords | Comfort Behavioural scale, Comfort B scale, pain, sedation, scale, pediatric |
| Lifecycle | in_development |
| UID | df697075-a5b0-46d2-9fa2-ec1e40453abe |
| Language used | en |
| Citeable Identifier | 1013.1.2607 |
| Revision Number | 0.0.1-alpha |
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