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Tools for Assessing Pain

Tool for clinicians to help determine how much monitoring a patient on long-term opioid therapy might require.

Help determine how much monitoring a patient on long-term opioid therapy might require.

Validated instrument to assess pain intensity and impact on function over time.

Consists primarily of three major classes of word descriptors—sensory, affective and evaluative—that are used by patients to specify subjective pain experience.

Duration

Deciding duration of initial opioid prescription and conducting follow-up.