Pain measurement.  An overview of two commonly used methods.
Two pain-measurement tools in particular have gained widespread acceptance by clinicians who work in the area of pain management:  the visual analogue scale and the McGill Pain Questionnaire.  The purpose of this paper is to describe briefly both of these methods and to consider some of their strengths, weaknesses, and applications.
Department of Anatomy, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa.
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D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires