The Verbal Numeric Pain Scale: Effects of Patient Education on Self-reports of Pain

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 853-859

  Marco, Catherine A ^a   Marco, Alan P ^a   Plewa, Michael C ^a   Buderer, Nancy ^a   Bowles, Jameson ^a   Lee, Jennifer ^a  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

pain; pain scale; patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33746363813     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.04.020     Document Type: Article

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