The Concept of Pain in Children Attending Primary School: Implications for School-Based Pain Education.

IF 2.5 3区 医学 Q2 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
Pain Research & Management Pub Date : 2025-01-16 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1155/prm/3198988
Talita Odendaal, Ina Diener, Quinette Abegail Louw, Dawn Verna Ernstzen
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Introduction: A child's concept of pain comprises their understanding of what pain is, the purpose of pain, and biological processes underpinning pain. The concept of pain can influence pain experiences, pain beliefs, and pain-related behaviour. This study aimed to assess the concept of pain among children attending primary schools in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. A secondary aim was to explore demographic and pain-related information that may contribute to a child's concept of pain. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study with an analytic component was used. The cross-culturally adapted Concept of Pain Inventory (COPI) was used to assess the concept of pain amongst 12-year-old school-attending children. Children from seven primary schools that were selected via stratified random sampling participated. Participants completed the adapted COPI and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and inferential analysis were used to analyse the data. Results: There were 119 participants. Participants' concept of pain partially aligned with contemporary pain science (mean = 34.39 out of 56; standard deviation = 6.49), indicating a partial understanding of the factors influencing pain. Demographic factors and pain-related information investigated did not influence participants' concept of pain. However, differences in the concept of pain were observed amongst participants from different schools. Conclusions: Participants had a developing concept of pain that was partially aligned with contemporary pain science. Participants had pain knowledge strengths and gaps that can be used to develop a tailored school-based pain education intervention for them. There were indications that contextual factors may have influenced the participants' concept of pain. Further studies to explore socioenvironmental factors that influence pain knowledge in children are recommended.

小学儿童疼痛的概念:对学校疼痛教育的启示。
儿童对疼痛的概念包括他们对疼痛是什么、疼痛的目的和支撑疼痛的生物过程的理解。疼痛的概念可以影响疼痛体验、疼痛信念和与疼痛相关的行为。本研究旨在评估南非东开普省Gqeberha小学儿童的疼痛概念。第二个目的是探索可能有助于儿童疼痛概念的人口统计学和疼痛相关信息。材料和方法:采用带有分析成分的横断面研究。采用跨文化适应的疼痛概念量表(COPI)来评估12岁学龄儿童的疼痛概念。采用分层随机抽样的方法从7所小学中抽取儿童参与。参与者完成了调整后的COPI和社会人口调查问卷。采用描述性统计和推理分析对数据进行分析。结果:共纳入119人。参与者对疼痛的概念部分符合当代疼痛科学(平均= 34.39 / 56;标准差= 6.49),表明对影响疼痛的因素有部分了解。人口学因素和调查的疼痛相关信息不影响参与者的疼痛概念。然而,不同学校的参与者对疼痛的概念存在差异。结论:参与者有一个发展中的疼痛概念,部分与当代疼痛科学一致。参与者的疼痛知识优势和差距可用于为他们量身定制基于学校的疼痛教育干预。有迹象表明,情境因素可能影响了参与者对疼痛的概念。建议进一步研究影响儿童疼痛知识的社会环境因素。
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Pain Research & Management
Pain Research & Management CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-
CiteScore
5.30
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109
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期刊介绍: Pain Research and Management is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of pain management. The most recent Impact Factor for Pain Research and Management is 1.685 according to the 2015 Journal Citation Reports released by Thomson Reuters in 2016.
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