Pain Calculator
Pain Calculator
1)
What type of pain do you have?
a)
Acute- Acute pain is a short-term (< 3 months) feeling of pain felt in response to an easily identifiable cause.
b)
Chronic- Chronic pain may begin as acute pain, but lasts longer than would normally be expected for the sort of injury that has occurred. Chronic pain may also occur when pain comes back for an unknown reason.
2)
Indicate by clicking on the below sliding scale, the level of severity of your pain where 10 is the most severe pain imaginable.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
3)
Does the pain interfere with your sleep or normal daily activities?
No
Yes
4)
What types of medication are you currently using to manage your pain?
a)
Simple analgesia such as paracetamol, aspirin and NSAIDS.
b)
Weak opioids such as codeine and dextropropoxyphene.
c)
Strong opioids such as fentanyl (pain patches), morphine, methadone and buprenorphine.
d)
Co-analgesia such as antidepressants, antieleptics, corticosteroids and biphosphonates.
a)
None in use.
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