Numeric Rating Scale

Numeric Rating Scale



Numeric Rating Scale

Introduction

Managing and assessing pain is a branch of medical science employed as an interdisciplinary approach for easing the suffering of the patients and for improving the quality of life for them. A team of pain mangers handle the case of assessing the pain and pain management. The methods involved for managing and assessing the pain are Numerical Rating scale, Verbal Rating Scale and Visual analog Scale.

Discussion

It is a widely used and implemented technique with a pain screening from 0 - 10 in intensity are numerically scaled. In this scale a total of 11 levels ...