section 1 defining and measuring pain

Question 1

sensation

Answer 1

where body detect event happening in the environment

Question 2

sensory stimuli

Answer 2

event that have the effect of stimulating the body’s physical process of sensing or detecting the event

Question 3

sensory perception

Answer 3

MENTAL representation of sensation which is a result of wide range of mental processes.

Question 4

noxious sensory

Answer 4

“harmful to the body “

Question 5

Does everybody exerience pain equally? yes or no

Answer 5

no

Question 6

classifying pain (3)

Answer 6

Orgin
Type
Duration

Question 7

nociceptive pain

Answer 7

physical harm to the body

• external and internal damage
  
  • visceral pain -organ pain

Question 8

psychogenic pain

Answer 8

no physical event felt by the mind only
arise:
- emotional upset
-empathic pain

Question 9

nerve pain

Answer 9

neuralgia/ neuropatic pain
-body tissues not damaged

arise:
- faulty nerves
-nerve damaged
continue to send pain signals

Question 10

nociceptive pain classification by type

Answer 10

• intense pressure - injury like banging against sth
• tissue damage - cut or bruise
• intense heat/cold - burning or touching ice for too long

Question 11

chronic pain

Answer 11

long lasting

f.e noxious stimuli constantly present in conditions like arthritis

Question 12

chronic pain syndrome

Answer 12

medical condition associated with long lasting pain that has numerous other signs and symptoms.
Aren’t neccesarily related to physical damage or displayed when physical harm healed.

Question 13

sensory component

Answer 13

physical pain, can be detected by the body

Question 14

emotional component

Answer 14

emotion associated with pain

incl. depression leads to suicide

Question 15

sign and symptoms of chronic pain syndrome (11)

Answer 15

1. Immobility, waste of muscles and joints
2. Depression of the immune system, susceptibitity to diseases
3. Disturbed sleep
4. Dependance on medication
   5 Poor appetite and nutrition
5. Overdependance on family and caregivers
6. Overuse & inappropriate use of health care providers and system
7. Poor performance on the job, disability
8. isolation from society and family
9. Anxiety and fear
10. Bitterness, frustration, depression, suicide

Question 16

IASP and what is it

Answer 16

International Association for the study of pain

Understanding pain & improving the quality of pain relief

Question 17

Define the pain

Answer 17

Unpleasant sensory & emotional experience associated with actual or potential damage or describe in terms of such damage

Question 18

pain intensity

Answer 18

indicator how painful sth is

Question 19

pain unpleasantness

Answer 19

How negative the pain makes you feel

Question 20

Scientific measure must be (4)

Answer 20

VRAP 
Valid 
Reliable 
Accurate 
Precise

Question 21

Verbal indicators 4

Answer 21

Where does it hurt?
How much deos it hurts?
How long has it been hurting for?
What happened to cause the pain?

Using words

Question 22

Vocal indicator

Answer 22

f.e Crying

Using sounds to communicate

Question 23

Behavioural indicator

Answer 23

behaviour observed, f.e stop eating

Question 24

Subjective experience

Answer 24

Pain is type of subjective experience.

Felt by individual in their inner conscious world

Question 25

pain measuring is … measure. We ….. directly measure ir

Answer 25

proxy

can’t

Question 26

Health vs scientist approach to measuring pain

Answer 26

health worker
- asking question about the pain (where, how much, how long etc.)

Scientist

• value of the exerience of the pain scale from 1-20
• pain quality (Burning, Aching)

Question 27

type of measure with pictures

Answer 27

Visual analogue scale