The current, revised International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) definition of pain is as follows: "An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage" (Raja et al., 2020). This current definition of pain accentuates that pain is not only a result of tissue damage but is also an individual and personal experience, influenced by many other potential factors. In recent years, it has
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