Background: Numerical rating scales (NRS), and verbal rating scales (VRS) showed to be reliable and valid tools for subjective cancer pain measurement, but no one of them consistently proved to be ...

The setting and baseline data collection have been previously reported in full detail. [8] In short, data collection was part of the daily clinical routine in a secondary care outpatient department ...

Pretreatment pain intensity is an independent survival predictor for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC), according to new research published in the Journal of Pain (October 2014, Vol. 15:10, pp.

A Pain Rating Scale [PRS] and a Pain Behavior Checklist [PBC] were developed for use during a clinical pain interview. Norms were based on 395 chronic pain patients referred for pain management. The ...

HONOLULU -- (Sept. 19, 2018) September is Pain Awareness Month, which enables people to contemplate pain, their pain, and how they may communicate their pain. Patients are used to answering a health ...