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Publications

Representative Publications

  • Anand KS & Intenational Evidence-Based Group for Neonatal Pain. Consensus statement for the prevention and management of pain in the newborn. Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine. 2001; 2: 173-180.
  • Bieri D, Reeve R, Champion GD, Addicoat L & Ziegler JB. The Faces Pain Scale for the self-assessment of the severity of pain experienced by children: development, initial validation, preliminary investigation for ratio scale properties. Pain. 1990; 41: 139-150.
  • Blount R L., Piira T, & Cohen LL. Management of pediatric pain and distress due to medical procedures. In M. C. Roberts (Ed.), Handbook of Pediatric Psychology (3rd ed., pp. 216-233). New York: Guilford, 2003.
  • Blount RL., Piira T, Cohen L. & Cheng P. Pediatric procedural pain. Behavior Modification, In Press.
  • Champion GD Emerging influences of pain medicine on clinical reasoning (guest editorial). Current Therapeutics 2000; 41, 8-11.
  • Champion GD, Goodenough B, von Baeyer CL & Thomas W. Self-report measures of pain in children. In: PJ McGrath, GA Finley (Eds.) Measurement of Pain in Infants and Children. Progress in Pain Research and Management. IASP Press (International Association for the Study of Pain). 1998; 10: 123-160.
  • Champion GD, Kong JHN & Goodenough B. Medical considerations in the management of chronic pain in children. Pain 1999- An Updated Review. Refresher Course Syllabus, 9th World Pain Congress, International Association for the Study of Pain. Seattle: IASP Press 1999:245-251.
  • Goodenough B. Growing pains. Pediatric Pain Letter. Abstracts and commentaries on Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents.. PJ McGrath & GA Finley (Eds.) Dalhousie University: Nova Scotia, Canada. 1998. Vol 2 (4), 38-41.
  • Goodenough B. Pain in circumcision. Pediatric Pain Letter. Abstracts and commentaries on Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. PJ McGrath & GA Finley (Eds.) Dalhousie University: Nova Scotia, Canada. 1997. Vol 1 (3), 31-33.
  • Goodenough B, Addicoat L, Champion GD, McInerney M, Young B, Juniper K & Ziegler JB. Pain in 4- to 6-year old children receiving intramuscular injections: a comparison of the Faces Pain Scale with other self-report and behavioural measures. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 1997; 13: 60-73.
  • Goodenough B, Champion GD, Laubreaux L, Tabah L & Kampel L. Needle pain severity in children: does the relationship between self-report and observed behaviour vary as a function of age? Australian Journal of Psychology. 1998; 50(1), 1-9.
  • Goodenough B, Kampel L, Champion GD, Laubreaux L, Nicholas MK, Ziegler JB & McInerney M. An investigation of the placebo effect and other factors in the report of pain severity during venipuncture in children. Pain. 1997: 72(3): 383-491.
  • Goodenough B, Perrott D & Champion GD, Thomas W. Painful pricks and prickle pains: is there a relationship between children's ratings of venipuncture pain and parental assessments of usual reaction to other pains? Clinical Journal of Pain. 2000; 16: 135-143.
  • Goodenough B, von Baeyer CL & Champion GD. Facial expression and pain in children. In M Katsikis (Ed). The Human Face; Measurement and Meaning. The Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Press (2002).
  • Goodenough B, Thomas W, Champion GD, Perrott D, Taplin JE, von Baeyer CL & Ziegler JB. Unravelling age effects and sex differences in needle pain: ratings of sensory intensity and unpleasantness of venipuncture pain by children and their parents. Pain. 1999; 80: 179-190.
  • Goodenough B, van Dongen K, Brouwer N, Abu-Saad HH & Champion GD. A comparison of the Faces Pain Scale and the Facial Affective Scale for children's estimates of the intensity and unpleasantness of needle pain during blood sampling. European Journal of Pain. 1999; 3: 301-315.
  • Goodenough B, Perrott D, van Dongen K, Brouwer N & Champion GD. Children's response to vaccine fluid injection versus needle puncture pain during routine immunisation. Ambulatory Child Health. 2000; 6: 91-100.
  • Hicks CL, von Baeyer CL, Spafford PA, van Korlaar I & Goodenough B. The Faces Pain Scale-Revised: Toward a common metric in pediatric pain measurement. Pain. 2001; 93:173-183.
  • Perrott DA, Goodenough B & Champion GD. Children's ratings of the intensity and unpleasantness of post-operative pain using facial expression scales. European Journal of Pain, 2004; 8: 119-127.
  • Piira T, Taplin JE, Goodenough B. & von Baeyer CL. Cognitive-behavioural predictors of children's tolerance of a laboratory-induced pain: Implications for clinical assessment and future directions. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2002; 40: 571-584. abstract
  • Piira T & von Baeyer C. Parents' behaviour in helping children cope with painful procedures. Pediatric Pain Letter. 2001; 5(2),13-15. article
  • Piira T, Sugiura T, Champion GD, Donnelly N & Cole A. The role of parental presence in the context of children's medical procedures: a systematic review. Child: Care, Health and Development. In Press.
  • Taplin JE, Goodenough B, Webb J & Vogl L. Children's understanding of pain. Chapter in M Siegal & C Peterson (Eds) Children's Understanding of Biology and Health. Cambridge University Press. 1999.
  • Thomas T, Robinson C, Champion D, McKell M & Pell M. Prediction and assessment of the severity of post-operative pain and of satisfaction with management. Pain. 1998; 75: 177-185.
  • 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. Abstract, Canadian Pain Society, Toronto. Pain Research and Management, 2003; 8 (Supp.B): 57B.
  • von Baeyer, CL, & Piira, T. The Faces Pain Scale - Revised around the world: Translation and adaptation for use in many cultures. The Suffering Child. 2003. Special Issue: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Paediatric Pain. article

Recent Presentations at Scientific Meetings

The Pain Research Unit endeavours to provide a strong Australian paediatric representation at National and International Scientific meetings devoted to the specialist study of pain. Presentations were conducted at the following conferences:

Joint American Pain Society & Canadian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, 2004

  • Piira, T.*, Hayes., B., Goodenough, B. & von Baeyer, C.L. (May, 2004). Pain tolerance in children: effects of age, attentional direction and coping style. Oral presentation.

6th International Symposium on Paediatric Pain, Sydney 2003

  • Piira, T.*, Champion, G.D., Lui, K, Donnelly, N. & Sutton, L. & Bustos T. (June, 2003). Infant pain responses at immunisation: The relative influence of developmental, dispositional, parental and early nociceptive factors. Poster presentation.
  • Piira, T.*, McInerney M., Goodenough B. (June, 2003). Psychometric assessment in an outpatient paediatric pain clinic: the value of exploring concordance between child and parent ratings. Poster presentation.
  • von Baeyer, C.L.* & Piira, T. (June, 2003). The Faces Pain Scale - Revised (FPS-R) around the world: Translation and adaptation for use in many cultures. Poster presentation.

10th World Congress on Pain, San Diego, 2002

  • Piira, T.*, Sugiura, T. & Champion, D. (Aug, 2002). Systematic review of parental roles for children in pain. Poster presentation.
  • Perrott, D., Piira, T.*, Goodenough, B. & Champion, D. (Aug, 2002).The relative safety and efficacy of ibuprofen versus acetaminophen for treating children's pain and fever: a meta-analysis. Poster presentation.

Australian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meetings

  • Piira, T.*, Hayes., B., Goodenough, B. & von Baeyer, C.L. (March, 2004). Pain tolerance in children: effects of age, attentional direction and coping style. Presented at the 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Pain Society, Canberra. Oral presentation.
  • Piira, T.*, Champion, G.D., Lui, K, Donnelly, N. & Sutton, L. (March, 2003). Factors affecting pain response in infancy: the role of nociceptive, developmental, parental and temperamental factors. Poster presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Pain Societies, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Perrott, D., Piira, T.*, Champion, G.D. & Goodenough, B. (April, 2002). Efficacy and safety of paracetamol and ibuprofen for children's pain and fever: a meta-analysis. Presented at the 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Pain Society, Sydney. Oral presentation.
  • Piira, T.*, Sugiura, T. & Champion, G.D. (April, 2002). A systematic review of parent roles and behaviours in children's pain management. Presented at the 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Pain Society, Sydney. Oral presentation.
  • Piira,T.*, Taplin, J.E. & Goodenough, B. (March,1998) Determinants of children's pain tolerance using the cold-pressor test. Presented at the 19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Pain Society, Hobart. Oral presentation.

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