Pain scales are tools for people to describe the level of pain they experience. Healthcare workers can also use pain scale charts to assess patients. There are several different pain scales, each with ...
Table 1. Description and outline of the advantages and disadvantages of the most commonly used pain assessment tools. Pain assessment tool Description Advantages Disadvantages Verbal rating scale Pain ...
Pain intensity is typically measured through verbal rating (VRS), numerical rating (NRS), and visual analog scales (VAS); these all require spatial cognition. Prior work has shown that chronic pain ...