Categorization of postoperative pain descriptors in the sensitive, affective and evaluative dimensions of painful experiences

Authors

  • Lilian Varanda Pereira Triângulo Mineiro Medical School; Hospital Care Nursing
  • Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa University of São Paulo; Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000400007

Keywords:

pain, postoperative, methods, subject headings, pain measurement

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was categorizing 20 descriptors of post-operative pain sensory, affective and evaluative dimensions. Sixty-one physicians participated. They were between 24 and 63 years old and categorized 20 descriptors by considering their level of attribution in the description of post-operative pain sensory, affective and evaluative qualities. The categorization showed that the most frequently attributed descriptors of sensitive pain qualities were: lacerating, unbearable, fulminating, intense and deep; and, for the affective qualities: hallucinating, annihilating, maddening, despairing, inhuman, blinding, terrible, monstrous and dreadful; whereas for the evaluative qualities, they were: unbearable, strong, intense and violent. The most frequently attributed descriptors in the description of post-operative pain are those mostly judged adequate to describe the affective qualities of this experience.

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Published

2007-08-01

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 4 (2007)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Categorization of postoperative pain descriptors in the sensitive, affective and evaluative dimensions of painful experiences. (2007). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 15(4), 563-567. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000400007