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Long and potentially time When taking a series of measurements over time, patients may be able to recall their previous scores, thus not producing a true reflection of their reported pain.
Weaknesses consuming
An evaluation of a selection of self-report methods designed to measure pain
Strengths Widely used, well- known pain report measure. Provides quantitative information that can be treated statistically, and is sufficiently sensitive to detect differences among different methods to relieve pain. Easy to administer. Can be used
Assesses the different components of reported pain, how pain changes over time, and what things relieve or increase it. Also includes a measure of The scale consists of a list of words describing different levels of pain; patients indicate their current level of
Purpose pain intensity.
Table 2.4 Measure McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), (Melzack 1975 ) Verbal Pain Rating Scale (VPRS)
