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| NRS study authors | Age range (mean) | Children completed assessment | Completed with clinician | Parents completed assessment | Person completing not described | Highest anchor | Classification details provided | Successive ratings gained | Reference time period |
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| Claar et al. (2008) [56] | 12–17 (14.69) | ✓ | ✓ (psychologist) | | | Most pain possible | X | No | Current pain rating |
| Cornelissen et al. (2014) [57] | 7–17 | ✓ | | | | Worst pain imaginable | X | No | On the day of the study |
| Guite et al. (2011) [27] | 12–18 (15.10) | ✓ | | | | Worst pain imaginable | X | No | Current, most, usual, and least pain |
| Hainsworth et al. (2007) [58] | 8–18 (14.0) | ✓ | | ✓ | | Worst pain experienced | X | No | Intensity of pain over the past two weeks |
| Hainsworth et al. (2009) [59] | 8–18
(13.4) | ✓ | | ✓ | | Worst pain experienced | X | No | Best, worst, and usual pain |
| Hechler et al. (2014) [29] | 9–17
(14) | ✓ | | ✓ | | X | X | Yes | Average of the last seven days |
| Hicks et al. (2006) [60] | 9–16
(11.7) | ✓ | | | | Worst pain | X | Yes | X |
| Hirschfeld et al. (2013) [61] | 11–18 (14.1) | ✓ | | | | Maximal pain | ✓ | Yes | Mean intensity in the past seven days |
| Hirschfeld et al. (2013) [17] | Range not given
(12.45) | | | | X | X | ✓ | No | Maximal pain during the past four weeks |
| Jastrowski et al. (2013) [62] | 12–17 | | | | X | Worst pain | X | Yes | Pain over the prior two weeks |
| Logan et al. (2008) [63] | 12–17 (14.7) | ✓ | ✓ (psychologist) | | | Most pain possible | X | No | Current, lowest, and highest pain ratings |
| Logan et al. (2013) [64] | 7–18 (13.88) | ✓ | ✓ (psychologist) | | | Most pain possible | X | No | Current pain at rest |
| Palermo et al. (2008) [65] | 8–18 (14.31) | ✓ | | | | Worst pain ever | X | No | Average or usual pain |
| Ruskin et al. (2014) [15] | 8–17
(14.1) | ✓ | ✓ (anaesthesiologist) | | | The strongest or worst pain you can imagine | X | No | Current, usual, lowest, and strongest |
| Ruskin et al. (2015) [66] | 13–17 (15.75) | ✓ | | | | Worst pain imaginable | X | No | Average, worst, and lowest pain |
| Simons et al. (2010) [67] | 12–17 (14.8) | ✓ | ✓ (type of clinician unclear) | | | Most pain possible | X | No | Current pain rating |
| Simons et al. (2015) [68] | 8–18
(13.73) | ✓ | ✓ (psychologist) | | | Most pain possible | X | No | Average pain rating |
| Smith et al. (2015) [74] | 8–17 (range not given) | ✓ | ✓ (psychologist) | | | Most pain possible | X | No | Average daily pain rating |
| Vowles et al. (2010) [70] | 10–18 (14.8) | ✓ | | | | Worst possible pain | X | No | Average/usual pain over the last week |
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