En cas de problème de santé, il arrive que l’on nous demande de quantifier la douleur ressentie. Or les échelles de cotation utilisées ne sont pas interprétées par tous les patients de la même façon.
- Associate Professor and Pain Researcher, University of Cape Town
You’re usually asked to rate pain from ‘no pain’ to ‘worst pain imaginable’. But does everyone imagine the same thing?
It’s not the same as pain tolerance, which measures how much pain someone can endure before they require relief.
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