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Original Articles • Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem 24 • 2016 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345t.0714.2769   copy

Pain from the life cycle perspective: Evaluation and Measurement through psychophysical methods of category estimation and magnitude estimation1 1 Supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Fapesp, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, process # 2010/52584-8 and 2011/51378-8.

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Abstract

Objective:

to describe acute and chronic pain from the perspective of the life cycle.

Methods:

participants: 861 people in pain. The Multidimensional Pain Evaluation Scale (MPES) was used.

Results:

in the category estimation method the highest descriptors of chronic pain for children/ adolescents were "Annoying" and for adults "Uncomfortable". The highest descriptors of acute pain for children/adolescents was "Complicated"; and for adults was "Unbearable". In magnitude estimation method, the highest descriptors of chronic pain was "Desperate" and for descriptors of acute pain was "Terrible".

Conclusions:

the MPES is a reliable scale it can be applied during different stages of development.

Descriptors:
Pain; Pain Measurement; Life Cycle Stages

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