Psychophysical assessment of pain perception

Authors

  • José Aparecido da Silva Universidade de São Paulo - USP; Departamento de Psicologia e Educação; Campus Ribeirão Preto
  • Nilton Pinto Ribeiro-Filho Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642011005000009

Keywords:

Pain perception, Pain, Pain assessment

Abstract

Pain is a personal, subjective experience influenced by cultural, situational, attentive factors, and other psychological variables. Approaches to the measurement of pain include verbal and numeric self-rating scales, behavioral observational scales, and physiological indicators. In this review, we described and analyzed as sophisticated psychophysical techniques can be designed to measure separately the sensory and cognitive dimensions of pain. These procedures have been shown to be valid and reliable measurements of pain with ratio-scaling properties and have recently been used in clinical settings.

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Published

2011-01-01

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Original Articles

How to Cite

Psychophysical assessment of pain perception. (2011). Psicologia USP, 22(1), 223-263. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642011005000009