| Reddy PV; Naidu PV; Subramanyam K; Sur
RK |
| Dept of Radiotherapy, MNJ Cancer Hospital & Radium Institute, Red
Hill, Hyderabad, India. |
| Assessment of pain in cancer patients. |
| Journal of Clinical Radiotherapy and Oncology. 1992 Mar; 7(1): 4-8
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| ABSTRACT: Over the years, pain assessment remains a difficult clinical
problem due to its subjective and multidimensional nature. Accurate
assessment is essential for effective evaluation and management of cancer
pain. Various methods have been designed to quantify pain. Amongst them
the most commonly used being the Visual Analogue Scale, Verbal Rating
Scale, McGill pain questionnaire and the Memorial Pain assessment card.
These systems are basically subjective assessments and depend on patient's
statement, which in turn depends on the time of assessment, intelligence
and mood of the patient. Therefore a system of assessment of pain needs to
be designed which would be indirect without the conscious knowledge of the
patient. Pain suffered by a patient reflects on his daily activity, sleep
patterns and mood. The analgesic requirement of the patient is a good
indicator of the pain intensity. Thus, a scoring system has been designed
taking note of the pain intensity, frequency, type and frequency of
analgesic requirement, performance status, sleep disturbance and mood.
This scoring system gives us an easy,reliable and multidimensional
assessment of pain status of any patient subjectively and objectively.
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| KEYWORDS: |
| Pain/CO; Pain/DT; Pain/EP; Pain Measurement/MT; Pain Measurement/ST;
Patients/CL; Human |
| References: 14 |
| Record Identifier: NK-2729 |
