@article { , title = {Development of a behaviour-based measurement tool with defined intervention level for assessing acute pain in cats}, abstract = {OBJECTIVES: To develop a Composite Measure Pain Scale - Feline (CMPS-F) tool to assess acute pain in cats and derive an intervention score. METHODS: To develop the prototype CMPS-F, words describing painful cats were collected, grouped into behavioural categories and ranked. To assess prototype validity two observers independently assigned CMPS-F and numerical rating scale (NRS) scores to 25 hospitalised cats before and after analgesic treatment. Following interim analysis the prototype was revised (rCMPS-F). To determine intervention score two observers independently assigned rCMPS-F and NRS scores to 116 cats. A further observer, a veterinarian, stated whether analgesia was necessary. Statistical tests included Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney, 95\% confidence intervals (CI), general linear model ANOVA and linear discriminant analysis (p < 0.05). RESULTS: Mean ± SD decrease in rCMPS-F and NRS scores following analgesia were 2.4 ± 2.87 and 1.9 ± 2.34, respectively (95\% CI for mean change in rCMPS-F between 1.21 and 3.6). Changes in rCMPS-F and NRS were significantly correlated (r = 0.8) (p}, doi = {10.1111/jsap.12280}, eissn = {1748-5827}, issn = {0022-4510}, issue = {12}, journal = {Journal of Small Animal Practice}, note = {Note: CORRIGENDUM: Corrigendum Vol. 56, Issue 4, 293, Article first published online: 26 MAR 2015 School: sch\_lss}, pages = {622-629}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Wiley}, url = {http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7356}, volume = {55}, keyword = {573 Specific physiological systems in animals, QH301 Biology, Pain, feline, measurement tools, analgesia, validation;}, year = {2014}, author = {Calvo, G. and Holden, E. and Reid, J. and Scott, E. M. and Firth, A. and Bell, A. and Robertson, S. and Nolan, Andrea M} }