Categorization of postoperative pain descriptors in the sensitive, affective and evaluative dimensions of painful experiences

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Lilian Varanda Pereira²  Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa¹ 

[1] ,Triângulo Mineiro Medical School Hospital Care Nursing ,Brazil

关键词: pain;    postoperative;    methods;    subject headings;    pain measurement;    dolor postoperatorio;    método;    descriptores;    dimensión del dolor;    dor pós-operatória;    métodos;    descritores;    medição da dor;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692007000400007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The main purpose of this study was categorizing 20 descriptors of post-operative pain sensory, affective and evaluative dimensions. Sixty-one physicians participated. They were between 24 and 63 years old and categorized 20 descriptors by considering their level of attribution in the description of post-operative pain sensory, affective and evaluative qualities. The categorization showed that the most frequently attributed descriptors of sensitive pain qualities were: lacerating, unbearable, fulminating, intense and deep; and, for the affective qualities: hallucinating, annihilating, maddening, despairing, inhuman, blinding, terrible, monstrous and dreadful; whereas for the evaluative qualities, they were: unbearable, strong, intense and violent. The most frequently attributed descriptors in the description of post-operative pain are those mostly judged adequate to describe the affective qualities of this experience.

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