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The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scale or FLACC scale is a measurement used to assess pain for children between the ages of 2 months and 7 years or individuals that are unable to communicate their pain. The scale is scored in a range of 0–10 with 0 representing no pain. The scale has five criteria, which are each assigned a score of 0, 1 or 2.

Criteria^[1]

Score 0

Score 1

Score 2

Face

No particular expression or smile

Occasional grimace or frown, withdrawn, uninterested

Frequent to constant quivering chin, clenched jaw

Legs

Normal position or relaxed

Uneasy, restless, tense

Kicking, or legs drawn up

Activity

Lying quietly, normal position, moves easily

Squirming, shifting, back and forth, tense

Arched, rigid or jerking

Cry

No cry (awake or asleep)

Moans or whimpers; occasional complaint

Crying steadily, screams or sobs, frequent complaints

Consolability

Content, relaxed

Reassured by occasional touching, hugging or being talked to, distractible

Difficult to console or comfort

The FLACC scale has also been found to be accurate for use with adults in intensive-care units (ICU) who are unable to speak due to intubation. The FLACC scale offered the same evaluation of pain as did the Checklist of Nonverbal Pain Indicators (CNPI) scale which is used in ICUs.^[2]

References

1. ^FLACC Scale (Extracted from The FLACC: A behavioral scale for scoring postoperative pain in young children, by S Merkel and others, 1997, Pediatr Nurse 23(3), p. 293–297)
2. ^{{cite journal |vauthors=Voepel-Lewis T, Zanotti J, Dammeyer JA, Merkel S |title=Reliability and validity of the face, legs, activity, cry, consolability behavioral tool in assessing acute pain in critically ill patients |journal=Am. J. Crit. Care |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=55–61 |year=2010 |pmid=20045849 |doi=10.4037/ajcc2010624 }}