Chronic pain - Pain Assessment
6 important questions on Chronic pain - Pain Assessment
Which unidimensional instrumants to measure pain intensity or severity exist?
- Numeric Rating Scale (most prefered --> subject to change and not too abstract)
- Adjective Rating scale (bijv.nw)
Can be focused on now, during previous week etc.
What different types of assessment instruments exist to assess pain?
- Pain diaries (gives also an idea of exacerbating factors (emotions, sleep etc.)
- multidimensional instruments (for instance McGill pain questionnaire)
Which types of multidimensional pain assessment instruments exist?
- The brief pain inventory
- Multi dimensional pain monitoring form
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What are other pain-related aspects can be measured and how?
- Pain threshol/tolerance
- Pain behaviour with the UAB pain behaviour scale
- Pain coping with the Pain Coping Strategies Questionnaire
- Pain catastrophizing with the Pain Catastrophizing scale
What does the UAB Pain Behaviour scale measure?
Which 6 cognitive coping and 1 behavioural coping subscales does the Pain coping Strategies questionnaire contain?
- Hoping/praying
- diverting attention
- catastrophizing
- Reinterpreting the pain
- ignoring sensations
- coping selfstatements ("I tell myself that I can overcome the pain)
Behavioural:
- Increased behavioural activities (leaving the house for x)
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