Pain Management PPT

Question 1

Chronic Pain affects ___ of ____ Americans, or ___ million people.

Answer 1

1 of 4, 50 million

Question 2

Approx ___% of nursing home residents have uncontrolled pain.

Answer 2

80%

Question 3

_____ pain is associated with tissue damage, inflammation, or a disease process.

Answer 3

acute

Question 4

______ pain becomes the symptom and the problem.

Answer 4

chronic

Question 5

T/F chronic pain is circumstance-specific.

Answer 5

T

Question 6

Changes with the nervous system causing pain begin as ______ (acute) and become ______ (chronic) over time.

Answer 6

protective, destructive

Question 7

Pain is the cognitive recognition of the noxious stimulus when ______ information from the injured site reaches the cortical areas of the brain.

Answer 7

nociceptive

Question 8

Theory which acknowledges the affective domain of pain. Does not explain phantom pain.

Answer 8

Gate theory

Question 9

Circuit of neurons that link sensory and affective domains by loops between the thalamus, cortex, and limbic system.

Answer 9

Neuromatrix

Question 10

Output pattern that produces multidimensional pain experience and the autonomic and behavioral repertoire that accompany pain.

Answer 10

neurosignature

Question 11

Evidence supports the use of _____ in chronic pain management.

Answer 11

CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

Question 12

Theory that recognizes the multidimensional nature of the pain experience and suggests that the perception of pain can be altered physiologically, psychologically and pharmacologically.

Answer 12

Gate control theory

Question 13

NIH

Answer 13

National Institute of Health

Question 14

NCCAM

Answer 14

National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine