Defining Mild, Moderate, and Severe Pain in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1358-1365

  Alschuler, Kevin N ^a   Jensen, Mark P ^a   Ehde, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Pain; Pain interference; Pain severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; PAIN; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 84867653804     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01471.x     Document Type: Article

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