• Clin J Oncol Nurs · Dec 2018

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    Pain Assessment: Use of the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale in Patients With Cancer.

    • Lisa M Blackburn, Kathy Burns, Elizabeth DiGiannantoni, Karen Meade, Colleen O'Leary, and Rita Stiles.
    • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.
    • Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2018 Dec 1; 22 (6): 643-648.

    BackgroundThorough, consistent pain assessment and reassessment are critical to guide and evaluate interventions designed to improve pain.ObjectivesBased on a literature review about functional pain assessment, clinicians selected and then implemented the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS) as a pain assessment instrument option in a comprehensive cancer center.MethodsThe DVPRS was added as a pain assessment instrument in clinical oncology practice. From postimplementation chart review and clinician satisfaction surveys, the DVPRS was evaluated for the following.FindingsSeventy-eight percent of nurses surveyed (N = 64) preferred the DVPRS over any other pain assessment tool. Inpatient and ambulatory patients surveyed (N = 144) agreed that a Likert-type scale in the DVPRS was easier to understand, easier to use, and better in describing their pain than the numeric rating scale.

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