Psychophysical evaluation of the descriptors of pain in the postoperative
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2007-06
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Estudio experimental, a través del cual fueron evaluados 20 descriptores de dolor post-operatorio,
considerando el grado de adecuación que cada paciente utilizó para describirlo, siendo para ello utilizado el
Método de Estimación de Magnitud. Participaron 48 pacientes pos-operados, con edades entre 14 y 70 años,
siendo que 60,4% eran del sexo masculino. El propósito fue cuantificar e identificar aquellos descriptores con
mayor o menor atribución dado al dolor pos-operatorio. Entre los descriptores con mayor atribución dados por
los pacientes se encontraron, terrible, fuerte, insoportable, intenso y violento; y como los de menor atribución,
inmensurable, opresivo, fulminante, que ciega y cruel. Los descriptores de mayor atribución para describir
dolor pos-operatorio fueron aquellos que expresaban una elevada magnitud del dolor.
This experimental study aimed to evaluate 20 descriptors of the post-operative pain considering the adequate level of each in describing it. A total of 48 post-operated patients, age between 14 and 70 years old, 60.4% male, participated in the experiment. They judged the descriptors through the Magnitude Estimation Method aiming to qualify and select those with the highest and lowest frequency of attributions in the description of the post-operative pain. The results showed that among the descriptors evaluated, terrible, strong, unbearable, intense and violent were the most frequently ones, whereas the least frequently attributed descriptors were: colossal, smashing, fulminating, blinding and lacerating. The results showed that the most frequently attributed descriptors in the description of post-operative pain are those that represent high magnitude of pain.
This experimental study aimed to evaluate 20 descriptors of the post-operative pain considering the adequate level of each in describing it. A total of 48 post-operated patients, age between 14 and 70 years old, 60.4% male, participated in the experiment. They judged the descriptors through the Magnitude Estimation Method aiming to qualify and select those with the highest and lowest frequency of attributions in the description of the post-operative pain. The results showed that among the descriptors evaluated, terrible, strong, unbearable, intense and violent were the most frequently ones, whereas the least frequently attributed descriptors were: colossal, smashing, fulminating, blinding and lacerating. The results showed that the most frequently attributed descriptors in the description of post-operative pain are those that represent high magnitude of pain.
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Pain, Postoperative, Psychophysics, Subject headings, Methods, Dolor, Postoperatorio, Psicofísica, Descriptores, Dor, Pós-operatória, Psicofísica, Descritores, Métodos
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PEREIRA, Lilian Varanda; SOUSA, Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros. Psychophysical evaluation of the descriptors of pain in the postoperative. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, Ribeirão Preto, v. 15, n. 3, p. 474-479, May/June 2007.