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

• Main Authors: Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa, Talita de Cássia Raminelli da Silva, Hilze Benigno de Oliveira Moura Siqueira, Simone Saltareli, Rodrigo Ramon Falconi Gomez, Priscilla Hortense
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo
• Series: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
• Subjects: Dolor; Dimensión del Dolor; Estagios del Ciclo de Vida
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692016000100388&lng=en&tlng=en
• ISSN: 1518-8345

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.