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Comparison Of A Numeric And A Descriptive Pain Scale In The Occupational Medicine Setting, George Francis Mcmahon Iii
Comparison Of A Numeric And A Descriptive Pain Scale In The Occupational Medicine Setting, George Francis Mcmahon Iii
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Pain is a universal phenomenon. The assessment of a patient’s pain is difficult to objectively obtain because the perception of the pain by the patient is influenced by many subjective perception variables. These variables can inflate or deflate the patient’s self-reported pain level which can adversely affect the medical provider’s ability to accurately create a treatment plan for the patient. This study compared the patient’s response to a self-rating of their pain on a numeric pain scale with the response given by the patient on the Mankoski pain scale. Comparison of the numeric pain scale to the Mankoski pain scale …
Evidence-Based Intervention To Improve Assessment Of Headache Pain And Its Functional Capacity, Mavjuda Saydazamova
Evidence-Based Intervention To Improve Assessment Of Headache Pain And Its Functional Capacity, Mavjuda Saydazamova
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Introduction: Headache is a chronic pain that is challenging to properly assess in clinical practice, as it is based almost entirely on the ability of the clinician and patient to communicate. This communication is based on pain scale tools. To assess patients’ disability and pain intensity, the selected organization uses the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) screening tool. Pain intensity is measured with a Numeric Pain Scale within the MIDAS. Measuring chronic headache pain accurately, while using a very subjective and inadequate pain scale to measure chronic pain was an issue. The literature review supported replacing the Numeric Pain Scale with …