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The Numeric Pain Rating Scale Instructions

The Numeric Pain Rating Scale instructs patients to rate their current, best, and worst pain levels over the past 24 hours on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable). The average of the three ratings is used to represent the patient's overall pain level during that period. Patients are asked to indicate their pain intensity for each level to help healthcare providers assess and track their pain over time based on this common 0 to 10 scale originally developed by McCaffery et al in 1989.

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The Numeric Pain Rating Scale Instructions

The Numeric Pain Rating Scale instructs patients to rate their current, best, and worst pain levels over the past 24 hours on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable). The average of the three ratings is used to represent the patient's overall pain level during that period. Patients are asked to indicate their pain intensity for each level to help healthcare providers assess and track their pain over time based on this common 0 to 10 scale originally developed by McCaffery et al in 1989.

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The Numeric Pain Rating Scale Instructions

General Information:
The patient is asked to make three pain ratings, corresponding to
current, best and worst pain experienced over the past 24 hours.
The average of the 3 ratings was used to represent the patient’s level
of pain over the previous 24 hours.

Patient Instructions (adopted from (McCaffery, Beebe et al. 1989):


“Please indicate the intensity of current, best, and worst pain levels over
the past 24 hours on a scale of 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)”

Reference:
McCaffery, M., Beebe, A., et al. (1989). Pain: Clinical manual for nursing practice, Mosby St. Louis, MO.

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Test instructions derived from McCaffery et al, 1989 Page 1

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