The aim of this study was to translate the NCS from English into Chinese and determine the validity of this Chinese version.
The assessment and early diagnosis of pain is of great importance for pain management and treatment in patients with disorders of consciousness. The Nociception Coma Scale (- Revised) is only applicable to assess pain of DOC patients in international clinical setting. The aim of this study was to translate the NCS from English into Chinese and determine the validity of this Chinese version. To test internal reliability and inter-rater reliability, both rater A and rater B assess the perception of pain on day 1; and to obtain test-retest reliability, rater A assessed all patients repeatedly on day 2. 'Faces, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability' (FLACC) was used to analysis concurrent validity by rater A.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
62
Patients have been assessed with both the Nociception Coma Scale (NCS) and the FLACC.
International Vegetative State and Consciousness Science Institute, Hangzhou Normal University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
The level of perception of pain in DOC patients
This original NCS consists of four subscales to assess motor, verbal, visual and facial behavioral responses and each subscale score ranges from 0 to 3
Time frame: Within 2 days
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