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Title: 
Métodos de avaliação da eficácia dos tratamentos para a dor.
Other Titles: 
Methods of evaluation of the effectiveness of the treatments for pain
Author(s): 
Barros, Guilherme Antonio Moreira de
Institution: 
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
ISSN: 
1699-3993
Abstract: 
Pain is a subjective condition and, thus, difficult to measure. The best tools to assess pain are the pain evaluation questionnaires, which provide either diagnostic, pain evolution or pain intensity information. To provide information which could help differentiate between nociceptive pain and neuropathic pain is one of the most important functions of these questionnaires. The questionnaires can measure pain intensity, quality of life, or sleep quality. Quality of life and sleep are two really important characteristics to assess the pain impact on patients' life. Pain intensity assessing questionnaires combine physical evaluations with questions, providing information either from the patient sensations or clinical assessment of pain manifestations as well as the underlying biological mechanisms (such as hyperalgesia or allodynia). For example, the Pain Detect questionnaire has two parts: the patient form (intuitive, with pictures and easy understandable) and the physician form. Thus, in this questionnaire, subjective information is provided by the patient and the objective one is provided by the physician. Other pain intensity questionnaires are NPSI, DN4, LANSS or StEP. Quality of life questionnaires are versatile (can be used in different pathologies). These questionnaires include functional self-evaluation questions, and other ones associated to physical and mental health. Two of such quality of life questionnaires are SF-36 and NHP. Sleep evaluation questionnaires include quantitative features such as the number of sleep interruptions, sleep latency or sleep duration as well as qualitative characteristics such as rest sensation, mood and dreams. One of the most used sleep evaluation questionnaires is PSQI, which includes patient questions and bed-partner questions, providing information from two points of view. Copyright 2009 Prous Science, S.A.U. or its licensors. All rights reserved.
Issue Date: 
1-Oct-2009
Citation: 
Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998), v. 45 Suppl C, p. 13-17.
Time Duration: 
13-17
Keywords: 
  • daily life activity
  • differential diagnosis
  • human
  • methodology
  • neuralgia
  • pain
  • pain assessment
  • quality of life
  • questionnaire
  • sleep
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Neuralgia
  • Pain
  • Pain Measurement
  • Quality of Life
  • Questionnaires
  • Sleep
Source: 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20087481
URI: 
Access Rights: 
Acesso aberto
Type: 
outro
Source:
http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/71189
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