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COMFORT scale: a standalone construct

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Pediatrics

an observational scale of distress and sedation in pediatric intensive care from alertness, calmness, breathing, movement, tone, facial tension and physiology.

In pediatrics, COMFORT scale refers to an observational scale of distress and sedation in pediatric intensive care from alertness, calmness, breathing, movement, tone, facial tension and physiology. This meaning comes from Ambuel (1992) in Journal of Pediatric Psychology.[1]

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Carolinas Comfort Scale1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct distress3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs movement2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Ambuel, B., Hamlett, K. W., Marx, C. M., & Blumer, J. L. (1992). Assessing Distress in Pediatric Intensive Care Environments: The COMFORT Scale. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 17(1), 95-109. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/17.1.95

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