"Pain Measurement" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Scales, questionnaires, tests, and other methods used to assess pain severity and duration in patients or experimental animals to aid in diagnosis, therapy, and physiological studies.
| Descriptor ID |
D010147
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.550.324
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| Concept/Terms |
Pain Measurement- Pain Measurement
- Measurement, Pain
- Measurements, Pain
- Pain Measurements
- Assessment, Pain
- Assessments, Pain
- Pain Assessments
- Pain Assessment
- Analgesia Tests
- Analgesia Test
- Test, Analgesia
- Tests, Analgesia
- Nociception Tests
- Nociception Test
- Test, Nociception
- Tests, Nociception
McGill Pain Questionnaire- McGill Pain Questionnaire
- Pain Questionnaire, McGill
- Questionnaire, McGill Pain
- McGill Pain Scale
- Pain Scale, McGill
- Scale, McGill Pain
Analogue Pain Scale- Analogue Pain Scale
- Analogue Pain Scales
- Pain Scale, Analogue
- Pain Scales, Analogue
- Scale, Analogue Pain
- Scales, Analogue Pain
- Analog Pain Scale
- Analog Pain Scales
- Pain Scale, Analog
- Pain Scales, Analog
- Scale, Analog Pain
- Scales, Analog Pain
Formalin Test- Formalin Test
- Formalin Tests
- Test, Formalin
- Tests, Formalin
Tourniquet Pain Test- Tourniquet Pain Test
- Pain Test, Tourniquet
- Pain Tests, Tourniquet
- Test, Tourniquet Pain
- Tests, Tourniquet Pain
- Tourniquet Pain Tests
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2005 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2009 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2010 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2011 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2012 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2013 | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| 2014 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2015 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2016 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 2017 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2018 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2019 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2020 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pain Measurement" by people in Profiles.
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Pain management in preterm infants with necrotizing enterocolitis: an international expert consensus statement. Eur J Pediatr. 2025 May 14; 184(6):342.
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Operative Treatment of Flail Chest Injuries Does Not Reduce Pain or In-Hospital Opioid Requirements: Results from a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2025 May 07; 107(9):928-935.
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Anticipation, perception, and recollection of acute pain from local anesthesia injection prior to Mohs surgery. Arch Dermatol Res. 2025 Feb 25; 317(1):490.
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Home-Based, Remotely Supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves the Overall Pain Experience of Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis. Pain Res Manag. 2025; 2025:1783171.
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Care Models to Improve Pain and Reduce Opioids Among Patients Prescribed Long-Term Opioid Therapy: The VOICE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Feb 01; 185(2):208-220.
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Arts in Medicine for the Reduction of Pain and Stress in Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 May; 69(5):546-551.
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Patient and clinical characteristics associated with pain during cesarean delivery: a prospective single-center patient-reported outcome study. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2025 Feb; 61:104324.
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Efficacy of opioid combination versus single opioid for adult cancer pain: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2024 Dec 23; 14(12):e084829.
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Fentanyl versus nebulized ketamine for prehospital analgesia: A retrospective data review. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Mar; 89:124-128.
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Sympathetic Blockade for Pain Associated With Nonaxial Bone Lesions in Patients With Cancer: An Uncontrolled Cohort. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2024 10; 22(8):537-542.