Pain Scale Comparison Table

Blank Children's Hospital
Des Moines, Iowa
 

PIPP

CRIES

Comfort

Behavior/Objective

Face

Numeric

Premature to 40 weeks corrected gestational age

 

X

 

S

e

d

a

t

e

d

     

Newborn to 5 months

  

 

X

     

4 months to 3 years and nonverbal

   

 

X

   

3-11 years and verbal

(some verbal 2 year olds)

     

X

  

11 year old and older (younger if understand concept of more and less in numbers on a line)

        

 

 

X

 

Also from Blank Children's Hospital / Reylon Meeks

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