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The Faces Pain Scale - Revised (FPS-R) was adapted from the Faces
Pain Scale (Bieri et al, 1990) in order to make it possible to score
on the widely accepted 0-to-10 metric. It shows a close linear relationship
with visual analog pain scales across the age range 4 through 16
years. It is easy to administer and requires no equipment except
for the photocopied faces. The absence of smiles and tears in this
faces scale may be advantageous. The FPS-R is recommended for use
with younger children in parallel with numerical self-rating scales
(0-to-10) for older children and behavioural observation scales
for those unable to provide self-report.
Permission
for use
No permission
is required for clinical and research use of the FPS-R.
For reproduction
of the FPS-R in a journal, book, or web page, or for any commercial
use of the scale, request permission from the copyright owner, the
International Association for the Study of Pain, using this
permission form. A nominal royalty payment may be required.
Guidelines for captioning and reproduction of the scale will be
provided with permission.
References
Bieri D, Reeve R, Champion GD, Addicoat L, Ziegler J. The Faces
Pain Scale for the self-assessment of the severity of pain experienced
by children: Development, initial validation and preliminary investigation
for ratio scale properties. Pain, 1990;41:139-150.
Hicks CL, von Baeyer CL, Spafford P, van Korlaar I, Goodenough B.
The Faces Pain Scale - Revised: Toward a common metric in
pediatric pain measurement. Pain 2001;93:173-183.
Spagrud LJ, Piira T, von Baeyer CL. Children's self-report of pain
intensity: The Faces Pain Scale - Revised. American
Journal of Nursing 2003;103(12):62-64.
von Baeyer CL, Piira T. The Faces Pain Scale - Revised (FPS-R)
around the world: Translation and adaptation for use in many cultures.
Poster, 6th International Symposium on Paediatric Pain, Special
Interest Group on Pain in Childhood, International Association for
the Study of Pain, Sydney, Australia. Also presented to Canadian
Pain Society, Toronto. Pain Research and Management, 2003;8
(Supp. B), 57B.
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Download PDF containing the FPS-R face images and instructions (in
French and English)
Download PDF containing FPS-R instructions (in French, English and
45 other languages)
Note: Fonts for a few languages might not transfer correctly from Word to PDF format, or from one computer to another. (For example, there is a known difficulty with the Laotian and Tamil scripts in the PDF.) If you have trouble with the font, try using the following Word document instead of the PDF version.
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Translations available
as of March 2010
1. Albanian
2. Arabic
3. Bulgarian
4. Catalan
5. Chichewa
6. Chinese
7. Czech
8. Dutch
9. Dutch (Belgium)
10. Estonian
11. French
12. German (Germany)
13. German (Switzerland)
14. Greek
15. Hebrew
16. Hindi
17. Hungarian (Magyar)
18. Indonesian
19. Italian
20. Japanese
21. Kannada (India)
22. Laotian
23. Latvian
24. Lithuanian
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25. Malagasy
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26. Mongolian
27. Norwegian
28. Persian (Farsi)
29. Polish
30. Portuguese (Portugal)
31. Portuguese (Brazil)
32. Romanian
33. Russian
34. Serbian
35. Spanish (Argentina)
36. Spanish (Costa Rica)
37. Spanish (Mexico)
38. Spanish (Peru)
39. Spanish (Spain)
40. Spanish (USA)
41. Swedish
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