Monitoring equine head-related pain with the Equine Utrecht University scale for facial assessment of pain (EQUUS-FAP)

Johannes P.A.M. van Loon*, Machteld C. Van Dierendonck

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study validates a recently described pain scale, the Equine Utrecht University scale for facial assessment of pain (EQUUS-FAP), in horses with acute or postoperative pain originating from the head, including dental pain, ocular pain, or trauma to the skull. This cohort study of 23 horses with head-related pain and 23 normal, healthy controls revealed significant differences in EQUUS-FAP scores between control horses and horses with acute or postoperative pain (P 
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)88-90
Number of pages3
JournalVeterinary Journal
Volume220
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2017

Keywords

  • Dental
  • Equine
  • Facial
  • Pain originating from head
  • Pain scale
  • article
  • cohort analysis
  • controlled study
  • correlation coefficient
  • Equine Utrecht University Scale for Facial Assessment of Pain
  • eye pain
  • Faces Pain Scale
  • female
  • headache and facial pain
  • horse disease
  • male
  • nonhuman
  • pain assessment
  • postoperative pain
  • postoperative period
  • predictive value
  • reliability
  • sensitivity and specificity
  • skull injury
  • tooth pain

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