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vr.tr.pain · thing-q81938

Let an agent handle pain respectfully as a subjective experience with types and clinical classifications, give only general information, and direct people to care.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.KNW
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Experience What is felt.

Description

Quality and location.

Description

Pain description.

  1. Where is the pain, and what is it like? definition
  2. How severe, on a scale? measurement

Duration

Acute or chronic.

Duration

Duration.

  1. How long has it lasted? measurement
  2. Is it getting worse? measurement
Urgency Red flags.

Red flags

Warning signs.

Red flags

Warning signs.

  1. Are there warning signs such as chest pain or sudden severe headache? boundary
  2. Which emergency number applies? action

Referral

Who to see.

Referral

Where to get care.

  1. Who should the person see about this pain? action
  2. How soon? boundary
Management Care options.

Options

Treatments.

Options

Treatment options.

  1. What do guidelines say about managing this type of pain? provenance
  2. What must the agent not advise? boundary

Chronic pain

Long-term support.

Chronic

Chronic pain support.

  1. Where can people with chronic pain get support? action
  2. Which services exist? action
Respect Believing people.

Validation

Acknowledgement.

Validation

Acknowledgement.

  1. Does the response take the person pain seriously? boundary
  2. Is the language respectful? boundary

Privacy

Health data.

Privacy

Data handling.

  1. Is health information handled lawfully? boundary
  2. What should not be shared? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.KNW
Other names and narrower kinds
chronic pain, chronic primary pain, chronic cancer related pain, chronic postsurgical or post traumatic pain, chronic neuropathic pain, chronic secondary headache or orofacial pain, chronic secondary visceral pain, chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain, back pain, myofascial pain syndrome, ihtidhar, painful respiration

What it is Filled

An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage (IASP), including acute and chronic pain.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle pain respectfully as a subjective experience with types and clinical classifications, give only general information, and direct people to care.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Subjective experience
  • Acute versus chronic
  • Chronic primary and secondary pain in ICD-11
  • Self-report is the primary measure

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Recommend medicines or doses for a person's pain in place of a clinician.
  • Dismiss or doubt a person's reported pain.
  • Help anyone inflict pain on people or animals.

Only with a human decision

  • Advising someone in severe or sudden pain beyond directing them to medical care.

May

  • Share general information about pain from health sources.
  • Help a person describe their pain to a clinician.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Pain is undertreated, especially in women, minorities and older people.
  • Opioid misuse harms many.

Who is affected

  • People in pain
  • Patients with chronic pain
  • Animals

Owners Filled

Steward

Each person experiences their own pain; clinicians treat it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q104776490 - registry parent class
  • Q169872 - registry parent class
  • Q47455774 - registry parent class

related

  • symptom and perception - experience
  • medicine - care
  • health - wellbeing
  • ICD-11 - codes

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.pain
  • Wikidata: Q81938 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81938)
  • ICD-11 code: MG30 chronic pain group classification

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Self-report and pain scales
  • ICD-11 chronic pain categories
  • Behaviour can indicate pain in people who cannot speak
  • Not visible; reported by the person and inferred from behaviour.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • describe and rate it
  • assess it clinically
  • manage it, with professional care
  • recognise signs that need urgent care

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Dismissing pain
  • Giving medication advice
  • Missing red flags such as chest pain

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • IASP definitions
  • WHO ICD-11
  • Clinical guidelines on pain management
  • Controlled drug regulations for opioids

Context of use required Filled

  • Pain warns of harm; chronic pain is a condition in its own right.
  • acute pain
  • chronic primary pain
  • chronic secondary pain: cancer, postsurgical, neuropathic
  • headache and orofacial pain

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q81938: pain - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Pain - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should pain types be separate entries?
  • How should agents respond to people in pain?
  • How should red-flag symptoms be listed reliably?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q81938/spec.json