Content validation of behaviours and autonomic responses for the assessment of pain in critically ill adults with a brain injury.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_14C2A6096300
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Content validation of behaviours and autonomic responses for the assessment of pain in critically ill adults with a brain injury.
Périodique
Australian critical care
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Gélinas C., Puntillo K.A., Boitor M., Bérubé M., Topolovec-Vranic J., Ramelet A.S., Joffe A.M., Richard-Lalonde M., Bernard F., Streiner D.L.
ISSN
1036-7314 (Print)
ISSN-L
1036-7314
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
05/2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
31
Numéro
3
Pages
145-151
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Validation Studies
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
The evidence shows that brain-injured patients express behaviours that are related to their level of consciousness (LOC), and different from other patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Therefore, existing behavioural scales should be revised to enhance their content and validity for use in these patients.
The aim was to evaluate the content relevance of behaviours and autonomic responses for pain assessment of brain-injured ICU patients from the perspective of critical care clinicians.
A total of 77 clinicians from four adult neuroscience ICUs (three from Canada and one from the United States) participated in this descriptive study. A physician/nurse ratio of 21% (13/61) was reached in this quota sample, and three physiotherapists also participated. They completed a content validation questionnaire of 19 items rated on clarity and relevance based on the patient's LOC. Item Content Validity Index (I-CVI), and modified kappa (κ*) were calculated. Values higher than 0.78 and 0.75 respectively were considered excellent.
Regardless of the patient's LOC, brow lowering, grimacing, and trying to reach the pain site were rated as the most relevant behaviours by clinicians, with excellent values of I-CVI>0.78 and κ*>0.75. Eyes tightly closed, moaning and verbal complaints of pain also obtained excellent values in altered LOC and conscious patients. Eye weeping obtained excellent values only in conscious patients. Other items showed fair (0.40-0.59) to good (0.60-0.74) values, while blinking and coughing showed poor values (<0.40) at various LOC.
Facial expressions, movements towards the pain site, and vocalisation of pain were the most relevant pain-related behaviours rated by critical care clinicians. The relevance of some behaviours (e.g., moaning and verbal complaints of pain) varied across LOCs, thereby calling forth adaptations of behavioural pain scales to allow for interpretation in the context of a patient's LOC and ability to express specific behaviours.
Mots-clé
Adult, Brain Injuries/physiopathology, Brain Injuries/therapy, Canada, Critical Illness, Facial Expression, Female, Flushing, Humans, Intensive Care Units, Male, Middle Aged, Movement, Pain Measurement/methods, Respiration, Artificial, Surveys and Questionnaires, Tears, United States, Voice, Behaviour, Brain injuries, Critical illness, Pain
Pubmed
Web of science
Création de la notice
23/11/2017 21:22
Dernière modification de la notice
22/10/2019 5:11
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