Chronic Pain Assessments in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Literature Review of the Selection, Administration, Interpretation, and Reporting of Unidimensional Pain Intensity Scales

Table 6

Descriptive information of FPS studies.

FPS 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
Original Faces Pain Scale (Bieri et al., 1990) [75]
Claar and Walker (2006) [71]	8–17 (11.59)	✓				X	X	No	Usual level
Palermo et al. (2004) [72]	8–16; (12.4)	✓		✓		Worst pain	X	No	Over the previous four weeks
Palermo and Kiska (2005) [73]	13–16 (14.75)	✓				Worst pain ever	X	No	Pain during the previous four weeks
Faces Pain Scale Revised (Hicks et al., 2001) [26]
Hechler et al. (2014) [29]	9–17; (14)	✓		✓		X	X	Yes	Average of the last seven days
Kashikar-Zuck et al. (2011) [28]	8–18; (14.2)	✓				X	X	No	Maximum intensity over the last month
Ramstad et al.; (2011) [33]	8–18 (14.27)	✓	✓ (paediatrician or physiotherapist)			X	X	No	Maximum intensity over the last month

Note. “X” signifies details not reported.