Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/66614, first published .
Pain Assessment Tools for Infants, Children, and Adolescents With Cancer: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Pain Assessment Tools for Infants, Children, and Adolescents With Cancer: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Pain Assessment Tools for Infants, Children, and Adolescents With Cancer: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Mika Hirata   1 , PhD ;   Noyuri Yamaji   2, 3, 4 , PhD ;   Shotaro Iwamoto   5 , PhD ;   Ayaka Hasegawa   6 ;   Mitsuru Miyachi   7 , PhD ;   Takashi Yamaguchi   8 , PhD ;   Daisuke Hasegawa   9 , PhD ;   Erika Ota   3 , PhD ;   Nobuyuki Yotani   10 , PhD ;   Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine   11

1 Department of Child Health Nursing, Graduate School of Health Care and Nursing, Juntendo University, Chiba, Japan

2 Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, Showa Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

3 Global Health Nursing, Graduate School of Nursing, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan

4 Department of Family Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

5 Mie Kids & Family Home Care Clinic, Mie, Japan

6 Pharmaceutical Department, National Center For Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

7 Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

8 Department of Palliative Care, Konan Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan

9 Department of Pediatrics, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

10 Division of Palliative Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

11 Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Corresponding Author:

  • Mika Hirata, PhD
  • Department of Child Health Nursing
  • Graduate School of Health Care and Nursing
  • Juntendo University
  • 2 Chome-5-1 Takasu, Urayasu City
  • Chiba 279-0023
  • Japan
  • Phone: 81 47-355-3111
  • Email: m.hirata.gg@juntendo.ac.jp