Research

Researchers are validating and evaluating the Stoplight Pain Scale™.

The articles below are from research studies and some other publications related to the Stoplight Pain Scale™.

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open

This article focuses pain management and distress mitigation strategies for the brief diagnostic and therapeutic procedures commonly performed.

Paediatrics & Child Health

This study demonstrated children’s preference for the Stoplight Pain Scale compared to the FPS-R.

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

This study aimed to validate a novel, three faced, coloured coded (red, yellow, green), family-friendly pain tool, the Stoplight Pain Scale, by comparing it to the widely accepted and validated Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R).

Health Communication

The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of a comic education module in the Emergency Department setting.

MCW Magazine

This article in the Summer 2017 issue of Medical College of Wisconsin magazine features the Stoplight Pain Scale and the new comic book about pediatric pain.