Ong K S, Seymour R A
National University of Singapore, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Singapore.
Surgeon. 2004 Feb;2(1):15-27. doi: 10.1016/s1479-666x(04)80133-1.
Sound measurement, an essential component of any scientific discipline, remains a particular problem in pain research. The measurement of pain intensity, for example, is a difficult and often a subjective undertaking. This is of little surprise to clinicians and researchers, because it is well recognised that pain intensity, like other sensations and perceptions, is a private experience that displays considerable variability both across patients and within a patient across time. Nonetheless, pain measurement and discerning factors that may affect its measurement are important for diagnosis and to determine the effectiveness of treatment interventions. This article reviews the basic concepts, roles, instruments used, and factors affecting pain measurement. A variety of the most commonly used pain measurement instruments are evaluated for their advantages and disadvantages. The article aims to assist clinicians and researchers to select the pain measurement instruments that best serve their purposes.
声音测量是任何科学学科的重要组成部分，在疼痛研究中仍然是一个特殊问题。例如，疼痛强度的测量是一项困难且往往主观的工作。这对临床医生和研究人员来说并不奇怪，因为人们已经充分认识到，疼痛强度与其他感觉和知觉一样，是一种个人体验，在不同患者之间以及同一患者在不同时间内都表现出很大的变异性。尽管如此，疼痛测量以及识别可能影响其测量的因素对于诊断和确定治疗干预措施的有效性都很重要。本文回顾了疼痛测量的基本概念、作用、使用的工具以及影响疼痛测量的因素。对各种最常用的疼痛测量工具的优缺点进行了评估。本文旨在帮助临床医生和研究人员选择最适合其目的的疼痛测量工具。
