Comparison of Pain Scale Preferences and Pain Intensity According to Pain Scales among Turkish Patients: A Descriptive Study

Sayın, Yazile; Akyolcu, Neriman

doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2012.08.005

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“…These scales were found to be reliable and valid tools for pain measurement, and patients were asked to rate their pain between 0 and 10 (0 indicating no pain, and 10 indicating the worst possible pain) (Tulunay & Tulunay, ; Eti Aslan, ). Yazıcı Sayın and Akyolcu () reported that this scale could be used for Turkish patients, as it was simple and easy to understand. The sensitivity and selectivity of the VAS was also determined by Eti Aslan (), who stated that it could be used for measuring and monitoring pain for the Turkish population.…”

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Vital signs: Valid indicators to assess pain in intensive care unit patients? An observational, descriptive study

Erden

Demir

Uğraş

et al. 2018

Nursing & Health Sciences

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Pain is a stressor for intensive care unit (ICU) patients, and inadequate pain assessment has been linked to increased morbidity and mortality. One hundred and twenty patients were evaluated during three periods: (T1) 1 min before, (T2) during, and (T3) 20 min after the nociceptive procedure. For each patient, data were obtained through at least two nociceptive procedures. Conscious patients' self-reports of pain were assessed using the Numerical Rating Scale and Visual Analog Scale. For unconscious patients, the Behavioral Pain Scale was used instead. Descriptive statistical methods, Friedman's test, and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were used for the data analysis. Significant changes were observed in heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), and peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO ) during nociceptive procedures. The HR, RR, and pain scores increased, while the SpO decreased. Positive correlation coefficients were observed between the pain intensity and HR and RR levels. According to our study findings, vital signs are not strong indicators for pain assessment in neurosurgery ICU patients. However, HR and RR can be used as cues when behavioral indicators are not valid in these unconscious patients.

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Vital signs: Valid indicators to assess pain in intensive care unit patients? An observational, descriptive study

Erden

Demir

Uğraş

et al. 2018

Nursing & Health Sciences

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“…Pain was evaluated using 2 pain rating scales, the visual analogue scale (VAS) and the verbal descriptor scale (VDS), as previously described. [ 11 , 12 ]…”

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Topical cryoanesthesia for the relief of pain caused by steroid injections used to treat hypertrophic scars and keloids

Wang

Liu

et al. 2017

Medicine

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Intralesional steroid injections are the standard treatment for hypertrophic scars and keloids. The procedure is, however, quite painful and is unpopular with patients because of this. Topical application of anesthetic creams, such as Ametop gel (tetracaine) and EMLA cream (lidocaine and prilocaine), has limited efficacy because of poor drug penetration. The onset of the analgesic effect is also slow, which means that the use of topical anesthetics is time-consuming in clinical practice.We hypothesized that a commercially available cryotip could be used to provide fast-acting topical cryoanesthesia that would reduce the pain associated with steroid injections.Thirty patients with hypertrophic scars or keloids were enrolled in the study. Scars were injected with the steroid, triamcinolone acetonide, with or without prior application of the cryotip (−10 °C) for 15 seconds. The degree of pain was evaluated in each case using the visual analogue scale (VAS) and the verbal descriptor scale (VDS), together with any side-effects caused by application of the cryotip.The VAS pain scores showed a statistically significant (P < .01) difference between the pretreated and the control scars (pain scores 7.87 ± 1.31 and 2.7 ± 1.37, respectively). The VDS pain scores also showed a statistically significant (P < .01) difference between the pretreated and the control scars. And its average scores were 7.89 ± 0.32 and 2.68 ± 0.25, respectively.Application of the cryotip before injection could provide a rapid and effective means of reducing the pain associated with steroid injections. Painless would result in better therapeutic effect.

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“…Research information about the respondents' preferences with regard to rating scales for combined environmental conditions is scant. In medicine or psychology, respondent preference has been investigated for reasons specific to the field of research For pain scale studies in medicine, socioeconomic educational factors were important in choosing a scale, and in this respect, VAS was found not to be a priority of scale preference [66][67][68]. Preston and Colman [69] reported respondent preference results in depth.…”

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Comparison of Response Scales as Measures of Indoor Environmental Perception in Combined Thermal and Acoustic Conditions

2019

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Response scales are widely used to assess the personal experience of sensation and perception in built environments, and have a great impact on the quality of the responses. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of response scales on human sensation and perception in moderate indoor environments. Four different response scales were compared under three room temperatures (19.0 °C, 24.5 °C, and 30.0 °C) and five acoustic stimuli (ambient noise, 42 and 61 dBA × water sounds and traffic noise): a bipolar seven-point scale according to ISO 10551:1995, a unipolar 11-point scale according to ISO/TS 15666:2003, these two scales combined for each sensory comfort assessment, and a bipolar visual analogue scale. The degree of relative differentiation based on indoor physical factors made no significant difference across the four response scales. Therefore, the effects of physical factors on human response could be assessed by using any of the four scales tested in this study, with a statistical significance at P < 0.05 in moderate environments. The choice of response scale would depend not only on the type of physical stimulus but also on the question of sensation or perception. The reliability of each response scale was different according to the subjective attributes. The bipolar visual analogue scale was subjectively preferred by the respondents.

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Comparison of Pain Scale Preferences and Pain Intensity According to Pain Scales among Turkish Patients: A Descriptive Study

Cited by 43 publications

References 34 publications

Vital signs: Valid indicators to assess pain in intensive care unit patients? An observational, descriptive study

Vital signs: Valid indicators to assess pain in intensive care unit patients? An observational, descriptive study

Topical cryoanesthesia for the relief of pain caused by steroid injections used to treat hypertrophic scars and keloids

Comparison of Response Scales as Measures of Indoor Environmental Perception in Combined Thermal and Acoustic Conditions

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