PAIN SCALE

AND ITS TYPES

QURATULAIN MUGHAL
BATCH IV
DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
ISRA UNIVERSITY
  A pain scale measures a patient's pain intensity or
other features.
 Pain scales are based on self-report, observational
(behavioral), or physiological data.

 Self-report is considered primary and should be

obtained if possible.
Pain scale
 Pain scales are available for neonates, infants,
children, adolescents, adults, seniors, and persons
whose communication is impaired.
 Pain assessments are often regarded as "the 5th Vital
Sign"
  1. INFANT:
 Premature Infant Pain Profile; Neonatal/Infant Pain Scale
 2. CHILD:
 Faces Pain Scale – Revised
 Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale

Examples of  Coloured Analogue Scale

 FLACC (Face Legs Arms Cry Consolability Scale)
pain scales  CHEOPS (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Pain
Scale)
 3. ADULT:
Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
 Verbal Numerical Rating Scale (VNRS)
 Verbal Descriptor Scale (VDS)
 Brief Pain Inventory
  It is a self-report measure of pain intensity developed
for children.
FACES PAIN  It was adapted from the Faces Pain Scale to make it
SCALE – possible to score the sensation of pain on the widely
accepted 0-to-10 metric
REVISED
  The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability
scale or FLACC scale is a measurement used to
assess pain for children between the ages of 2 months
and 7 years or individuals that are unable to communicate
their pain.
FLACC SCALE  The scale is scored in a range of 0–10 with 0 representing
no pain.
 The scale has five criteria, which are each assigned a
score of 0, 1 or 2
FLACC SCALE
  BPI rapidly assesses the severity of pain and its impact
on functioning.
 The BPI has been translated into dozens of languages,
and it is widely used in both research and clinical
settings.

 The BPI is available in two formats:

BRIEF PAIN  BPI short form, which is used for clinical trials and is
INVENTORY the version used for the foreign-language translations;
and
 BPI long form, which contains additional descriptive
items that may be clinically useful (for example, items
that expand the possible descriptors of pain, such as
burning, tingling, etc.)
WONG-BAKER
FACES PAIN
RATING SCALE