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Pain

EBSCO - MEDLINE and CINAHL

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  • MEDLINE  - Number of hits – April 2025 - 314,354
  • CINAHL - Number of hits – April 2025 - 120,481

"PAIN MANAGEMENT"/ OR *"PAIN MEASUREMENT"/ OR XB (analgesi* OR (pain N0 score*) OR (pain N0 assess*) OR (pain N0 management) OR (pain N0 measure*) OR (Non Verbal Pain AND (scale* OR score* OR indicator*)))

OVID – EMBASE and EMCARE

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  • EMBASE  - Number of hits – April 2025 - 329,464
  • EMCARE - Number of hits – April 2025 -  109,419

*ANALGESIA/ OR *"PAIN MEASUREMENT"/ OR *"PAIN ASSESSMENT"/ OR ((pain ADJ score*) OR (pain ADJ management) OR analgesi* OR (pain ADJ assess*) OR (pain ADJ measure*) OR (Non Verbal Pain AND (scale* OR score* OR indicator*))).ti,ab

Updated 03 Aril 2025