To browse Academia. This study explores children's pain sensitivity, particularly focusing on the factors influencing it such as age, temperament, and prior pain experiences. The research underscores the importance of early interventions to promote positive coping strategies in response to pain. Furthermore, it discusses the principles of palliative care, emphasizing a patient-centered approach that enhances quality of life for patients with serious illnesses while providing interdisciplinary support for both patients and their families.
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Need an account? Click here to sign up. It can be categorized as acute or chronic and can be localized to one part of the body or many parts. Variables affecting pain are complex and include genetic, environmental, and social factors. Diagnosis typically includes assessing pain onset, location, intensity, quality, duration, spatial extent, temporal pattern, physical symptoms, and emotional response [9].
Relevance to Childhood Development There is significant individual variability of pain sensitivity in children [7]. Children with a difficult temperament tend to be more pain sensitive [11]. Diagnostically, the parent and child are typically interviewed and the child undergoes a clinical examination. If a child lacks the verbal capabilities to communicate pain, then physiological parameters such as heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, and electrodermal responses are often assessed [10].
Several pain-specific diagnostic tools have been created for children such as having them rate their pain using facial scales.
