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The Pain Quality Assessment Scale helps to measure the type of pain sensation being experienced.
Easy to use, one-dimensional pain scale that allows patients to rank the severity of their pain along a line from “no pain” to “worst pain imaginable”
Easy to use, one-dimensional pain scale that allows patients to rank pain intensity from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain).
One-dimensional pain scale that uses written descriptors to rank pain intensity from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain)
Validated for self-assessment of pain experienced by children. One-dimensional scales that use a range of facial expressions representing different pain severities
Suitable for patients of all ages (except the very young), cultures, and for those who are cognitively impaired.
The multidimensional BPI is available as the BPI short form, which is used for clinical trials and foreign-language translations to characterize several aspects of a patient’s pain experience.
Reasons for keeping a pain diary and appropriate methodology
Standardized form to track pain during a single day
Standardized form to track pain over an entire month
Position Statement with Clinical Practice Recommendations-American Society for Pain Management Nursing
Includes a series of adjectives to describe the characteristics and intensity of pain to give a better characterize a patient’s pain experience
Brief, clinically useful approach to assessing pain in older adults with cognitive impairment
36 questions to measure functional health and well-being from the patient's point of view
21-item multiple choice assessment format which purports to measure presence and degree of depression in adolescents and adults as is sometimes observed in people who experience a variety of pain conditions