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Pain from the life cycle perspective: Evaluation and Measurement through psychophysical methods of category estimation and magnitude estimation

Abstract Objective: to describe acute and chronic pain from the perspective of the life cycle. Methods: participants: 861 people in pain. The Multidimensional Pain Evaluation Scale (MPES) was used. Results: in the category estimation method the highest descriptors of chronic pain for children/ adole...

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Main Authors: Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa (Author), Talita de Cássia Raminelli da Silva (Author), Hilze Benigno de Oliveira Moura Siqueira (Author), Simone Saltareli (Author), Rodrigo Ramon Falconi Gomez (Author), Priscilla Hortense (Author)
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Published: Universidade de São Paulo.
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Summary:Abstract Objective: to describe acute and chronic pain from the perspective of the life cycle. Methods: participants: 861 people in pain. The Multidimensional Pain Evaluation Scale (MPES) was used. Results: in the category estimation method the highest descriptors of chronic pain for children/ adolescents were "Annoying" and for adults "Uncomfortable". The highest descriptors of acute pain for children/adolescents was "Complicated"; and for adults was "Unbearable". In magnitude estimation method, the highest descriptors of chronic pain was "Desperate" and for descriptors of acute pain was "Terrible". Conclusions: the MPES is a reliable scale it can be applied during different stages of development.
Item Description:1518-8345
10.1590/1518-8345t.0714.2769

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