A CALL FOR STANDARDIZING THE CLINICAL RATING OF PAIN INTENSITY USING A 0 TO 10 RATING-SCALE

Authors
DALTON JA MCNAULL F
Citation
Ja. Dalton et F. Mcnaull, A CALL FOR STANDARDIZING THE CLINICAL RATING OF PAIN INTENSITY USING A 0 TO 10 RATING-SCALE, Cancer nursing, 21(1), 1998, pp. 46-49
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Nursing,"Health Care Sciences & Services
Journal title
Cancer nursing → ACNP
ISSN journal
0162220X
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
46 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0162-220X(1998)21:1<46:ACFSTC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Pain is difficult to measure, regardless of etiology. Furthermore, the measurement of pain is complicated by variation in the use of visual analogue scales as well as other pain assessment measures. This brief article reviews situations contributing to confusion regarding pain in tensity measures and argues for consistency in its measurement with ad ults not experiencing cognitive disorders in the clinical setting.