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September 10, 2025Journal of Nepal Medical AssociationOpen Access

Evaluation of Preference of Pain Scale in Children using Novel Animated Emoji Scale in Nepal: An Observational Study

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AAAnkita AgrawalMUManisha Upadhyay

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Overview

Observational study assesses pain scale preferences in pediatrics, suggesting younger children favor emojis.

Key Points

  • The Animated Emoji Scale is preferred by younger children aged 3-10 years for pain assessment.
  • Significant association was found between age group and preferred pain scale with p<0.001.
  • Positive correlation was observed among the three pain rating scales used in the study.
  • In older children aged 11-14 years, the Visual Analogue Scale was favored for self-reporting pain.

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Agrawal et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1a76954b1d3bfb60e06a3https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.9140
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