Pain Management Nursing
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 117-125 , September 2006

Evaluation of the Revised Faces Pain Scale, Verbal Descriptor Scale, Numeric Rating Scale, and Iowa Pain Thermometer in Older Minority Adults

  • Laurie Jowers Ware, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Laurie Jowers Ware, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118.
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  • Cynthia D. Epps, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia
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  • Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Adult and Gerontological Nursing, College of Nursing, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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  • Abbot Packard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Educational Leadership, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia.

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 This study was supported by a grant from the American Society for Pain Management Nurses.

PII: S1524-9042(06)00088-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2006.06.005

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 117-125 , September 2006

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