pain
Let an agent handle pain respectfully as a subjective experience with types and clinical classifications, give only general information, and direct people to care.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle pain respectfully as a subjective experience with types and clinical classifications, give only general information, and direct people to care.
An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage (IASP), including acute and chronic pain.
What it is for: Pain warns of harm; chronic pain is a condition in its own right.
It can be describe and rate it; assess it clinically; manage it, with professional care; recognise signs that need urgent care.
Distinguishing features
Subjective experience
Acute versus chronic
Chronic primary and secondary pain in ICD-11
Self-report is the primary measure
What it looks like
Not visible; reported by the person and inferred from behaviour.
How it is recognised
Self-report and pain scales
ICD-11 chronic pain categories
Behaviour can indicate pain in people who cannot speak
Related models
is a kind of - experience
is treated by - care
relates to - wellbeing
is classified in - codes
In practice
Families and kinds
acute pain
chronic primary pain
chronic secondary pain: cancer, postsurgical, neuropathic
headache and orofacial pain
Identifiers
ICD-11 code MG30 chronic pain group classification
Standards and regulation
IASP definitions
WHO ICD-11
Clinical guidelines on pain management
Controlled drug regulations for opioids
Failure modes and hazards
Dismissing pain
Giving medication advice
Missing red flags such as chest pain
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.pain-cognition
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Experience What is felt.
Self-report comes first.
Description
Quality and location.
Description
Pain description.
- Where is the pain, and what is it like? definition
- How severe, on a scale? measurement
Duration
Acute or chronic.
Duration
Duration.
- How long has it lasted? measurement
- Is it getting worse? measurement
Urgency Red flags.
Some pain needs urgent care.
Red flags
Warning signs.
Red flags
Warning signs.
- Are there warning signs such as chest pain or sudden severe headache? boundary
- Which emergency number applies? action
Referral
Who to see.
Referral
Where to get care.
- Who should the person see about this pain? action
- How soon? boundary
Management Care options.
Management belongs with clinicians.
Options
Treatments.
Options
Treatment options.
- What do guidelines say about managing this type of pain? provenance
- What must the agent not advise? boundary
Chronic pain
Long-term support.
Chronic
Chronic pain support.
- Where can people with chronic pain get support? action
- Which services exist? action
Respect Believing people.
Respect matters.
Validation
Acknowledgement.
Validation
Acknowledgement.
- Does the response take the person pain seriously? boundary
- Is the language respectful? boundary
Privacy
Health data.
Privacy
Data handling.
- Is health information handled lawfully? boundary
- What should not be shared? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should pain types be separate entries?
- How should agents respond to people in pain?
- How should red-flag symptoms be listed reliably?