Developing a comparative scale of different nociceptive and neuropathic pain through two psychophysical methods

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Priscilla Hortense¹  Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa² 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto Centro Colaborador da OMS para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em EnfermagemRibeirão Preto SP ,Brazil

关键词: pain measurement;    psychophysics;    dimensión del dolor;    psicofísica;    medição da dor;    psicofísica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692009000200011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The general aim of this study was to create a comparative scale of different types of pain through different psychophysical methods and different samples. The psychophysical methods used were magnitude estimation and category estimation. The participants were 30 patients from different outpatient clinics, 30 physicians and 30 nurses. The results were: 1) cancer pain, myocardial infarction pain, renal colic, burn-injury pain, and labor pain were considered more intense, regardless of the psychophysical method used or sample studied; 2) The ranking of different pain intensities, comparing the different psychophysical methods used, resulted in significant agreement levels with Kendal values close to 1.00; 3) There were divergences in the perception of the intensities of some types of pain. These divergences were especially observed between professionals and patients.

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