Evaluation of pain relief.
Obtaining objective data on pain-relieving procedures is a simple matter. Measures of pain, activity levels and analgesic intake can be collected not only in a hospital but also in an outpatient setting. The data obtained make possible assessment of the effectiveness of a technique in any particular patient, and when combined for groups of patients, such data facilitate comparison of the effectiveness of different techniques in different pain states.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000628:therapy
D000700:Analgesics