{"id":52,"date":"2022-09-19T09:08:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T13:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=52"},"modified":"2023-01-10T16:57:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T21:57:37","slug":"multidimensional-pain-assessment-tools","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/chapter\/multidimensional-pain-assessment-tools\/","title":{"raw":"Multidimensional Pain Assessment Tools","rendered":"Multidimensional Pain Assessment Tools"},"content":{"raw":"<span style=\"color: #000000\">Multidimensional pain assessment tools are used to assess the <strong>many ways that pain affects a person<\/strong>. Although unidimensional pain assessment tools are typically used to assess pain intensity, particularly when frequent measurements are needed, multidimensional pain assessment tools are used to obtain a <strong>comprehensive understanding of pain<\/strong>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">Many different multidimensional pain assessment tools may be used depending on the client population, the reason for the assessment, and the unit\/hospital\/area of care you work.\u00a0For example, when treating certain populations such as pre-verbal and non-verbal clients, your assessment may focus on behavioural cues. When treating clients with chronic pain, you may focus on understanding the many ways that pain affects a person including psychologically, socially, and functionally.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">The following sections explore:<\/span>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">PQRSTU mnemonic.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Brief Pain Inventory.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Pain scales related to cognitive impairment.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">FLACC Pain Tool.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Behavioural Pain Scale and Critical Care Pain Observation Tool.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">Let\u2019s check out these tools!<\/span>","rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Multidimensional pain assessment tools are used to assess the <strong>many ways that pain affects a person<\/strong>. Although unidimensional pain assessment tools are typically used to assess pain intensity, particularly when frequent measurements are needed, multidimensional pain assessment tools are used to obtain a <strong>comprehensive understanding of pain<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Many different multidimensional pain assessment tools may be used depending on the client population, the reason for the assessment, and the unit\/hospital\/area of care you work.\u00a0For example, when treating certain populations such as pre-verbal and non-verbal clients, your assessment may focus on behavioural cues. When treating clients with chronic pain, you may focus on understanding the many ways that pain affects a person including psychologically, socially, and functionally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The following sections explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">PQRSTU mnemonic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Brief Pain Inventory.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Pain scales related to cognitive impairment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">FLACC Pain Tool.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Behavioural Pain Scale and Critical Care Pain Observation Tool.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Let\u2019s check out these tools!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"menu_order":12,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-52","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1696,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52\/revisions\/1696"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursing2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}