Post #2515621
2026-05-11 03:51 UTC
This is a tool to COMMUNICATE impact of pain. It's not just expressive, the goal is not just to assign a number, it is to communicate the impact of pain or discomfort to a clinician or caregiver so they can know it needs treatment, and to understand if treatment is working.
Accuracy helps that, but remember the point is not to have the NUMBER, but to COMMUNICATE.
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@adorfer@chaos.social 2026-05-11 16:00
@aredridel@kolektiva.social things described on that DVPRS below 5 are considered pain? "able to limp short distances when taken 2 paracetamols" was a 2 for me, since it's about 20% on the way to conditions like "cold sweat hyperventilation, tunnel vision, unable to move, on the edge of fainting"