Pain intensity among institutionalized elderly: a comparison between numerical scales and verbal descriptors
Correlating two unidimensional scales for measurement of self-reported pain intensity for elderly and identifying a preference for one of the scales. A study conducted with 101 elderly people living in Nursing Home who reported any pain and reached ( 13 the scores on the Mini-Mental State Examinatio...
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| Published in: | Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 804 - 810 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English Portuguese |
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Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem
01-10-2015
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| Summary: | Correlating two unidimensional scales for measurement of self-reported pain intensity for elderly and identifying a preference for one of the scales.
A study conducted with 101 elderly people living in Nursing Home who reported any pain and reached ( 13 the scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination. A Numeric Rating Scale - (NRS) of 11 points and a Verbal Descriptor Scale (VDS) of five points were compared in three evaluations: overall, at rest and during movement.
Women were more representative (61.4%) and the average age was 77.0±9.1 years. NRS was completed by 94.8% of the elderly while VDS by 100%. The association between the mean scores of NRS with the categories of VDS was significant, indicating convergent validity and a similar metric between the scales.
Pain measurements among institutionalized elderly can be made by NRS and VDS; however, the preferred scale for the elderly was the VDS, regardless of gender. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0080-6234 1980-220X 0080-6234 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0080-623420150000500014 |