Developing a standardized approach to the assessment of pain in children and youth presenting to pediatric rheumatology providers: a Delphi survey and consensus conference process followed by feasibility testing

Table 1 Ratings of pain domain importance by diagnosis and age groupings

	Arthritis		Idiopathic musculoskeletal pain		Other rheumatic diseases		Average	Difference by point of assessment?
	Younger	Older	Younger	Older	Younger	Older	Average	Difference by point of assessment?
Pain intensity	7.47 ± 2.48	8.25* ± 1.89	7.69 ± 2.19	8.26* ± 1.90	7.32 ± 2.30	7.96* ± 1.85	7.89 ± 1.76	No
Global rating of treatment satisfaction	6.53 ± 2.70	7.22* ± 2.47	6.41 ± 2.48	6.97* ± 2.39	6.57 ± 2.59	7.12* ± 2.43	6.83 ± 2.35	Follow-up > initial
Symptoms and adverse events	7.91 ± 2.36	8.09^† ± 2.25	7.47 ± 2.50	7.76* ± 2.35	7.89 ± 2.27	8.07^† ± 2.15	7.91 ± 2.19	No
Physical functioning	8.89 ± 1.65	8.97 ± 1.40	8.78 ± 1.64	8.86 ± 1.50	8.77 ± 1.60	8.83 ± 1.45	8.86 ± 1.42	No
Emotional functioning	7.52 ± 2.27	8.13* ± 1.76	8.03 ± 2.05	8.44* ± 1.68	7.71 ± 2.04	8.08* ± 1.78	8.01 ± 1.75	No
Role functioning	6.95 ± 2.45	8.00* ± 1.78	7.41 ± 2.34	8.21* ± 1.83	7.26 ± 2.28	8.04* ± 1.77	7.64 ± 1.86	No
Sleep	7.36 ± 2.13	7.54^† ± 1.95	7.88 ± 2.01	8.31* ± 1.81	7.42 ± 2.06	7.59^† ± 1.91	7.69 ± 1.76	No
Economic Factors	5.46 ± 2.96	5.55 ± 2.90	5.22 ± 2.91	5.33^† ± 2.87	5.48 ± 2.97	5.51^† ± 2.91	5.42 ± 2.85	No
Average	7.20 ± 1.78	7.67* ± 1.52	7.29 ± 1.63	7.73* ± 1.41	7.20 ± 1.66	7.58* ± 1.49	7.55 ± 1.44

All values are M ± SD on a 0-10 metric; *, significant difference by age at p < 0.01; ^†, significant difference by age at p < 0.05

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