Pain Assessment: Use of the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale in Patients With Cancer
| Autor: | Elizabeth DiGiannantoni, Rita Stiles, Karen Meade, Kathy Burns, Colleen O'Leary, Lisa M. Blackburn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Psychological intervention Cancer Care Facilities Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index Pain rating 03 medical and health sciences Pain assessment 0502 economics and business medicine Numeric Rating Scale Humans Pain Management In patient Aged Ohio Pain Measurement Veterans Clinical Oncology business.industry 030503 health policy & services 05 social sciences Cancer Pain Middle Aged Pain Intractable Scale (social sciences) Ambulatory Physical therapy Wounds and Injuries 050211 marketing Female Chronic Pain 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical journal of oncology nursing. 22(6) |
| ISSN: | 1538-067X |
| Popis: | Background Thorough, consistent pain assessment and reassessment are critical to guide and evaluate interventions designed to improve pain. Objectives Based on a literature review about functional pain assessment, clinicians selected and then implemented the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS) as a pain assessment instrument option in a comprehensive cancer center. Methods The DVPRS was added as a pain assessment instrument in clinical oncology practice. From postimplementation chart review and clinician satisfaction surveys, the DVPRS was evaluated for the following. Findings Seventy-eight percent of nurses surveyed (N = 64) preferred the DVPRS over any other pain assessment tool. Inpatient and ambulatory patients surveyed (N = 144) agreed that a Likert-type scale in the DVPRS was easier to understand, easier to use, and better in describing their pain than the numeric rating scale. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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