ABSTRACT

TPPPS is a valid and reliable scale for the assessment of postoperative pain in preschool children.

According to the results of the study, internal consistency coefficient of TPPPS was found over 0.70 and highly compatible with FLACC.

The study is methodological and Ankara University Cebeci Children’s Hospital Pediatric Surgery Department between April-July 2019. Informed consent was obtained from the parents of the children who met the inclusion criteria which was (1) 1-5 years of age, (2) underwent surgery at the pediatric surgery clinic and had postop within the first hour, (3) children whose parents volunteered to participate in the study. Data of the study was collected by Postoperative Pain Scale in Preschool Children, FLACC-(Face, Legs, Activity, Crying, Consolability) and Sociodemographic Information Form. The ain levels of the patients were evaluated at post-op 0, 15 and 30 minutes using by TPPPS and FLACC scales. First, the language validity study of the Turkish version of the TPPPS was conducted, then expert opinions were taken for content validity. For reliability analysis, internal consistency coefficient and parallel test-ready reliability were examined.

There is the lack of a valid and reliable scale suitable for the evaluation of postoperative pain in preschool children (1-5 years old) in Turkey. We aimed to examine the validity of the Postoperative Pain Scale in preschool Children which is one of the postoperative pain assessment tools, nurses and researchers in clinics.