Outcome measures Flashcards
Numeric pain rating scale?
Verbal Pain response 0-10
Advantage
- fast
- easy to administer
- minimal language translation
- verbal and written
Disadvantage
- Only shows one component of pain
- transform subjective experience to number
- risk of oversimplify pain
Verbal rating scale
Use of adjectives to describe pain 0-5
Advan.
- Practitioner can describe pain descriptor
- familiar terminology
Disadv.
- takes time to read list of adjectives
- difficult to compare
- difficult for non english speaker
VAS
mark the number 0-10 on a paper
Advant.
- sensitivity to change
- fast
- no training needed
- no cost
Disadv.
- not verbal
- line might change if copied
- difficulty to rate pain
Body chart
On a body patient mark area of pain
advnt.
- quick precision
- less question
disadvantage.
- hard to score or compare over time
Mcgill pain questionnaire
Distinguish nociceptive from neuropathic Measures sensory, affective, evaluative aspects of pain
Advan.
- no cost
- detect mild pain
- distinguish nociceptive from neuropathic
disadvantage.
- slow 30 min
- language proficiency
- long to score
Brief pain inventory
serious conditions - pain in 9Q.
Addresses sensory, emotional and functional aspects of the pain experience
Adva.
- fast to complete
- free
- diverse pain
- acceptable reliability
disadvantage
- language
Pain detect
neuropathic pain
Advant.
- screen neuropathic pain
- aid in pain management
- easy to use
disadvantage
- language
- false positive
Advantages of using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for assessing pain include
- Highcost
- Takesalongtimetoadminister
- Reliability is greater in the literate population
- Test is sensitive to small changes
- Test is sensitive to small changes
Which outcome measure gives information about the patient’s pain intensity and how the pain interferes with daily living?
- McGillPainQuestionnaire 2. TampaPainQuestionnaire
- Brief PainInventory
- painDETECT Questionnaire
- Brief PainInventory
Which outcome measure helps to differentiate neuropathic from nociceptive pain in patients?
- McGillPainQuestionnaire
- pain DETECT Questionnaire
- Brief Pain Inventory
- Kessler Scale
- McGillPain Questionnaire
what are examples of yellow flags screening tools?
Pain Catastrophising scale •Pain Self Efficacy Scale •HADS •DASS-21 •K10 •Orebro •Tampa Scale
What is a yellow flag?
psychosocial factors present in a patient
•Cognitive – thoughts and beliefs
•Affective – emotional •Social – work, family, friends, finances
Pain self efficacy scale
assess confidence to perform activity
cover daily living activities
predicts poor recovery
score 0-60 less positive outcomes
HDAS - anxiety and depression scale
measure anxiety and depression in hospital
14 questions
easy to score
DASS 21
measure for distress for depression anxiety and stress
21 quesions