Numerical rating scale

A numerical rating scale for the indication of the pain felt, values ​​from 0 (no pain) to 10 (most severe pain imaginable)

Numerical rating scales ( NRS ) are one-dimensional metric scales with the help of which an intensity, such as the extent of pain , can be assessed using a number sequence from, for example, zero (no intensity) to 10 (strongest intensity).

description

The empirical social sciences use NRS z. B. in test or survey procedures. Variations of this are, for example, face scales that use smileys to make pain assessment easier for children in particular. Such rating scales are known as symbolic rating scales .

The pain quality itself cannot be recorded with the NRS instrument, but the result of the pain assessment is used to control and assess the effectiveness of pain therapy and its adaptation to the needs of the patient.

The visual analog scale (VAS) represents a similar possibility for subjective pain recording (algesimetry, dolorimetry) . For pain patients with severe communication impairment, for example severely dementia patients , observing pain scales such as the ECPA pain scale are available.

See also

• Visual analog scale
• Verbal rating scale
• ECPA pain scale
• Dol (unit)
• Behavior Pain Scale

literature

• Wolfgang Larbig, Bernd Fallert, Harry de Maddalena: Tumor pain: Interdisciplinary therapy concepts . 2nd Edition. Schattauer Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-7945-2201-X , p. 186-187 .

Web links

• Herbert Kaiser: Tables for symptom control. (PDF; 8.7 MB) Hospice and Palliative Association Gütersloh, February 2016, p. 36 , accessed on March 19, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ J. Bortz, N. Döring: Research methods and evaluation for human and social scientists. Springer, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-540-33305-3 , p. 177.