helping them to alleviate pain, accelerate recovery and reduce dependence on medication and associated side effects. Nevertheless, a cohesive evidence assessment of the specific role and efficacy of ...

For millions of people in the UK living with chronic pain, applying for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can feel like a ...

Neonatal pain assessment, however, is imperative. Further evaluation of reliability, validity, clinical utility, and feasibility of existing tools must occur to enhance our ability to accurately ...

There was no search for gray literature. This review included qualitative and quantitative studies focusing on pain education interventions for nursing staff and/or nursing students on the assessment, ...

Objective The objective of this study is to evaluate the comparative benefits and harms of opioids and cannabis for medical use for chronic non-cancer pain. Design Systematic review and network ...

The Critical Care Pain Observation Tool is valid and reliable for pain assessment in pediatric patients who are critically ill.

Chronic pain is an independent risk factor for suicide that, although supported by extensive literature, has not yet been broadly incorporated into formal suicide risk prediction models.1,2 Widely ...

Evidence Rating Level: 3 (Average) The Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT), a behavioral pain assessment scale validated in adults, was evaluated for use in critically ill pediatric patients, ...

A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global ...

News • Measuring neonatal pain Pain assessment in newborn babies: current scales lack evidence A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess ...

A tool that was once used to examine the intensity and frequency of pain in dementia patients following their death has been revamped.

Objective To assess the therapeutic quality of exercise interventions delivered in chronic low back pain (cLBP) trials using the international Consensus on Therapeutic Exercise aNd Training (i-CONTENT ...