Research findings showed the pool of 84 pain descriptors from the McGill Pain Questionnaire can be condensed into a subset of 36 descriptors that fit into 12 categories to describe chronic pain, according to a study published in The Journal of Pain.
The researchers investigated the effectiveness of pain descriptors for 43 chronic pain patients. Using a three-point decision rule, researchers found three descriptors emerge for each of the 12 categories. Further, researchers discovered within the categories, the intensities implied by these words could be meaningfully ranked.
Read the study about 36 pain descriptors for describing chronic pain.
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