Subjective Meaures Of Pain

Question 1

What are subjective measures of measuring pain?

Answer 1

Subjective measures is when a doctor would gather medical history and carry out examinations addition knee they can carry out a clinical interview

Question 2

Clinical interview

Answer 2

Asking a patient arrange if opened questions and will focus on getting an understanding of the patient’s experience of their pain during the interview. Patient’s history is collected. Additionally, medical evaluations are done. Also observations of body language of the patient and their family is also done.

Question 3

What type of pain do clinical interviews usually analyze

Answer 3

Chronic

Question 4

What factors that influence pain subjective reporting will be looked at

Answer 4

Psychological and behavioral factors

Question 5

Using an observation in a clinical interview will give both benefit

Answer 5

An observation will allow information on the patient’s emotional state and their belief to be analyzed which will lead to knowledge of triggers which can aid treatment

Question 6

Why do healthcare professions use psychometric tests in interviews

Answer 6

In order to understand the type and intensity of pain

Question 7

Evaluation of subjective methods such as interview strengths

Answer 7

It is an effective way to assess pain as their standardized tests where the questions can be tailored to the participant or allow them the chance to elaborate or clarify this can increase success in adherence of treatment

Allows clinician to get a good understanding of the patient’s pain. The only way to know how someone feels is to ask them pain is very subjective so collecting this type of data will need to qualitative data helping the patient as it promotes the gather gathering of rich detail information and understanding

Question 8

Weaknesses

Answer 8

May not be effective for all people if patient is not able to communicate well about their pain or does not have a trusting relationship with the practitioner or other cultural factors this limits its usefulness

Rely solely on people giving their opinion and interpretation of things which may must be accurate. Some people may downplay their symptoms in order not to make a big fuss and others may exaggerate them to get attention or even to obtain stronger pills.