{"id":1052,"date":"2022-09-19T09:08:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T13:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/chapter\/multidimensional-pain-assessment-tools\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:23:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:23:29","slug":"multidimensional-pain-assessment-tools","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/chapter\/multidimensional-pain-assessment-tools\/","title":{"raw":"Multidimensional Pain Assessment Tools","rendered":"Multidimensional Pain Assessment Tools"},"content":{"raw":"Multidimensional pain assessment tools are used to assess the 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 comprehensive understanding of pain<\/strong>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMany 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\nThe following sections explore:<\/span>\r\n
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  1. PQRSTU mnemonic.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Brief Pain Inventory.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Pain scales related to cognitive impairment.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  4. FLACC Pain Tool.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  5. Behavioural Pain Scale and Critical Care Pain Observation Tool.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nLet\u2019s check out these tools!<\/span>","rendered":"

    Multidimensional pain assessment tools are used to assess the 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 comprehensive understanding of pain<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    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

    The following sections explore:<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. PQRSTU mnemonic.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Brief Pain Inventory.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Pain scales related to cognitive impairment.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. FLACC Pain Tool.<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Behavioural Pain Scale and Critical Care Pain Observation Tool.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      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":"cc-by-nc"},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[85],"license":[56],"class_list":["post-1052","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-january-2023","license-cc-by-nc"],"part":1022,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1053,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1052\/revisions\/1053"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1022"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1052\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}