Budvik et. al

• 243 children were used.
• The age range was 3-15 years.
• 53% of the participants were boys.
• There were 51 different physicians.
• 57% of the physicians were male, and 51% had kids of their own.
• Half of the physicians had been in the medical field for five years or more and 30% had a specialty of family medicine.
• None of the physicians were pediatricians
• 3-8 Years did the face rating scale that had faces that progressively showed more pain with one being “little to no pain”, and 10 being “unbearable pain”.
• 9-15 years did the VAS scale and the VAS colored scale, where they dragged a line to the point that best described the pain they were in.
• A child’s diagnosis was classified as a fracture, wound injury, soft tissue/ligament injury, muscle injury, etc.
• The average ratings were:

  • On average, doctors associated child pain to be a 3.2.
  • On average parents’ assessment was higher with 4.8.
  • Children’s evaluation had the highest average of 5.5.
• It was concluded that doctors tend to largely underestimate children’s pain.