- P = Provocation/Palliation. What were you doing when the pain started? …
- Q = Quality/Quantity. What does it feel like? …
- R = Region/Radiation. …
- S = Severity Scale. …
- T = Timing. …
- Documentation.
- Sensory discriminative component: Analysed in the brain according to site, intensity, duration, and nature.
- Emotional component: Pain is associated with a greater or lesser degree with emotions, such as anxiety, aversion, or helplessness.
- Autonomic component: …
- Motor component: …
- Cognitive component:
Good Links:
https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/resources/dimensions-pain
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0304395989901498
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain
http://www.painsociety.com/docs/articles/lechnyr.and.lechnyr.psych.of.pain.mgmt.pdf
http://www.carolinashealthcare.org/documents/NorthEastInternalIntegrative/research-
library/Massage/MassageLowBackPain.pdf
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