Lecture 8.29.16 - Pain Flashcards
What is pain?
An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage
What are the three categories of pain?
- Acute and chronic
- Adaptive and maladaptive
- Nociceptive and neuropathic
What is acute pain?
Pain that is primarily a symptom of pathological process or injury. Treating the illness or injury typically will reduce or eliminate symptoms.
What is the duration of acute pain?
Less than 6 months
How does adaptive pain contribute to survival?
Protecting from injury and promoting healing when injury has occurred
What is a nerve fiber that responds only to pain stimuli?
Nociceptor
What is the biomedical model of pain assessment and management?
- Patient presentation
- Formulate possible diagnoses
- Evaluation
- Management
Pain severity is the consider the 5th ___.
Vital sign
What is the name of the scale that measures pain severity?
Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
What is chronic pain?
Pain which lasts beyond the ordinary duration of time that an insult or injury to the body needs to heal
What is the duration of chronic pain?
> 3-6 months
Acute pain evolves into chronic pain in about ___% of patients.
20%
What is maladaptive pain?
Considered a disease, involves pathologic functioning of the nervous system, no longer helpful to the person
Chronic pain can be ___ (comes and goes) or ___.
Episodic; constant
___% of patients self reported chronic pain.
50%
Chronic pain displays a prevalence of ___% in children and adolescents.
15-30%
What are the 5 common causes of chronic pain in adults?
Back pain, headaches, arthritis, fibromyalgia, neuropathy
Children experience chronic pain in what three areas?
Head, abdomen, limbs
True or false - chronic or persistent pain usually has a clearly identified cause.
False - many patients experience chronic or persistent pain without a clearly identified cause
Almost half of visits to primary care physicians were prompted by symptoms without a ___ cause.
Biomedical
True or false - most patients with chronic pain seek medical attention.
False - many patients with chronic pain do not seek medical attention
In addition to biology, what should be considered when treating chronic pain?
Individual variables, prior experiences, and social context
Describe the biopsychosocial pain assessment.
- Pain
- Comorbid symptoms
- Affective vulnerability
- Beliefs and attitudes
- Environment and social
What are the some of the consequences of chronic pain?
- None
- Quality of life (physical and psychosocial)
- Economic
- General health (immune system suppression)
- Effect on family/friends/relationships
What is a pattern of behavioral or cognitive efforts to manage external or internal stress?
Coping
What are active coping strategies?
Despite pain efforts to function and despite pain efforts to distract oneself
What are passive coping strategies?
Depending on others for help in pain control and restriction of activities
What are the 5 major behavioral aspects of chronic pain?
Anxiety, depression, anger, feelings of helplessness, pain catastrophizing