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Instructions for use: The scale is numbered from zero to ten. Zero means no pain and ten means worst possible pain. A rating of two or three means mild pain and a rating of seven or higher is severe pain. Appropriate for use with older children and adult patients.
0
No pain
5
Moderate pain
10
Worst possible pain
Adapted from McCaffery M, Pasero C. Pain: Clinical manual, ed. 2, St. Louis, 1999, Mosby, Inc.
Instructions for use: These faces show how much something can hurt. This face (point to left-most face) shows no pain. The faces show more and more pain (point to each from left to right) up to this one (point to right-most face) it shows very much pain. Point to the face that shows how much you hurt (right now). Appropriate for use with children, elderly patients, patients with mild to moderate cognitive impairment, and patients with language barriers.
5 Hurts worst
10
Faces Pain Scale Revised 2001, International Association for the Study of Pain [www.iasp-pain.org/FPSR]
0 No hurt
From Hockenberry MJ, Wilson D: Wongs essentials of pediatric nursing, ed. 9, St. Louis, 2013, Mosby. Used with permission. Copyright Mosby.
Instructions for use: This scale uses words to describe the pain. Which words describe your pain now: no pain, mild pain, moderate pain, and severe pain. Each word is scored to measure the pain level. Appropriate for use with adult patients and elderly patients with mild to moderate cognitive impairment.
No Pain
Mild Pain
Moderate Pain
Severe Pain
Very Severe
From Portenoy, RK & Kanner, RM (Eds.): Pain management: Theory and practice, 1996, Oxford University Press. Used with permission.
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