intro to palliative

Question 1

what pain scalles can be used for alert, verbal oriented adults ?

Answer 1

1- verbal numeric scale/ numeric rating scale
2- visual analogue scale
3- defense and veterans pain rating scale

Question 2

what pain scales can be used for alert, oriented children ?

Answer 2

for 3 years old and older :
wong baker faces
oucher
numerical rating scales

8 years old and older :
visual analogue scales
verbal numeric scale

Question 3

what pain scales can bee used for adult patients that are :
non verbal
GCS <15
cognitively impaired

Answer 3

1.Adult Non-Verbal Pain Scale (NVPS)
2.Assessment of Discomfort in Dementia (ADD)
3.Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS)
4.Critical-Care Observation Tool (CPOT)

Question 4

what pain scales can bee used for pediatric patients that are :
non verbal
GCS <15
cognitively impaired

Answer 4

1.Revised Faces, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability (r-FLACC)
2.Non-Communicating Children’s Pain Checklist (NCCPC-R)
3.Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Pain Scale (CHEOPS) (ages 1-7)

new borns and infants:
1.Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)
2.Neonatal Pain Assessment and Sedation Scale (N-PASS)
3.Neonatal Facial Coding System (NFCS)
4.CRIES

Question 5

what is health related quality of life ?

Answer 5

refers to how the individual’s wellbeing may be impacted over time by a disease, a disability, or a disorder

Question 6

example of generic QOL questionnaire ?

Answer 6

The abbreviated World Health Organization Quality-of-Life questionnaire

they can also be disease specific
or disease category specific