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Clínica y Salud
versión On-line ISSN 2174-0550versión impresa ISSN 1130-5274
Resumen
OLIVARES RODRIGUEZ, M.ª Eugenia y CRUZADO CRESPO, Juan A.. Psychological assessment of pain. Clínica y Salud [online]. 2008, vol.19, n.3, pp.321-341. ISSN 2174-0550.
This article is a review of aims, procedures and tools in the psychological assessment of pain. The most important clinical recommendations are given with regard to interview, self-monitoring, behavioral observation, psycho-physiological records, pain questionnaires, coping, impact on emotional condition, social function, and psychopathology. Likewise, recommendations are provided on pain assessment in newborns, toddlers, other children, and elderly people with dementia.
Palabras clave : Pain; Pain assessment; Pain assessment tools; Pain in children; Pain in elderly people.