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Assessment Tools in Pediatric Chronic Pain: Reliability and Validity

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Pediatric chronic pain is a very individual and diverse human experience (Graumlich et al. 2001; Malaty et al. 2005; Schechter et al. 2003). Chronic pain has a substantial and broad adverse impact on the daily lives of children and adolescents, resulting in significantly worse physical functioning, psychological functioning, social functioning, as well as lower satisfaction with life and decreased self-perceived health status (Merlijn et al. 2006; Palermo 2000). These detrimental effects of pediatric chronic pain frequently also adversely impact parents and other family members (Eccleston et al. 2004; Jordan 2005; Palermo 2000).

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