Handbook of Pain Assessment
Third Edition
Hardcovere-bookprint + e-book
This definitive clinical reference comprehensively reviews the most advanced methods for assessing the person in pain. The field's leading authorities present essential information and tools for evaluating psychosocial, behavioral, situational, and medical factors in patients' subjective experience, functional impairment, and response to treatment. Empirically supported instruments and procedures are detailed, including self-report measures, observational techniques, psychophysiological measures, and more. Best-practice recommendations are provided for assessing the most prevalent pain syndromes and for working with children, older adults, and people with communication difficulties. The book also weighs in on the limitations of existing methods and identifies key directions for future research.
“The individual chapters are well written, thorough, and an excellent source of information. This volume will undoubtedly prove extremely useful to researchers in decision making concerning instruments to use for the assessment of pain and related variables (e.g., physical and psychological functioning, pain beliefs, and coping strategies) for particular purposes or with specific populations....[It] also will be useful for clinicians of different specialties that wish to learn more about the assessment of patients with pain.”
—APS (American Pain Society) Bulletin (on previous edition)
“This book should be on the bookshelf of anyone who treats patients with chronic pain, anyone who is called upon to assess patients for pain, and anyone who has to teach others how to properly monitor pain states. I would recommend that this book be available to all students, interns, and residents in training programs as a reference when they have patients with pain.”
—Psychosomatics (on previous edition)
“Extremely useful both for researchers and clinicians….Researchers might use it to find new useful measurement instruments or review the latest research on these means of assessment. Clinicians from many specialties may find the book useful for learning more about assessing and understanding the pain their patients may be experiencing. This book is recommended for all kinds of medical libraries, from clinical and hospital libraries to academic research libraries.”
—E-Streams
“This is the authoritative reference on pain assessment, and has been since the first edition. The
Handbook integrates the rapidly growing body of assessment research into a single manageable volume. It reminds us that identifying and measuring meaningful behavioral outcomes—assessing the patient and not just the pain—is the key to the process. The third edition covers new instruments, methods, and procedures, as well as the latest refinements of older instruments. Importantly, it also cautions us not to blindly accept any measure, even the most technical and face-valid. A 'must have' for health care professionals and students.”
—Beverly E. Thorn, PhD, ABPP, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama
“There is simply no other text or resource that so thoroughly defines the current status of pain assessment. This book is critical to understanding that we do have tools that can help us to objectify the pain experience, even though we are still without a pain ‘meter’ to measure the subjective level of a person’s suffering. With careful assessment, a more effective pain therapy regimen can be created. The importance of assessing the biopsychosocial factors that contribute to the pain experience is still undervalued and underutilized. This well-written, easy-to-read volume from some of the most eminent specialists in the field should be required reading for all health professionals who come into contact with people in pain.”
—Margaret Caudill-Slosberg, MD, PhD, MPH, Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Measurement of Pain and the Assessment of People Experiencing Pain, Dennis C. Turk and Ronald Melzack
I. Self-Report Measures of Pain
2. Self-Report Scales and Procedures for Assessing Pain in Adults, Mark P. Jensen and Paul Karoly
3. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: Development, Psychometric Properties, and Usefulness of the Long Form, Short Form, and Short Form–2, Joel Katz and Ronald Melzack
4. Psychosocial Assessment: Comprehensive Measures and Measures Specific to Pain Beliefs and Coping, Douglas E. DeGood and Andrew J. Cook
5. Assessment of Couples and Families with Chronic Pain, Joan M. Romano, Annmarie Cano, and Karen B. Schmaling
II. Measures of Pain Not Dependent on Self-Report
6. The Facial Expression of Pain, Kenneth D. Craig, Kenneth M. Prkachin, and Ruth E. Grunau
7. Assessment of Pain Behaviors, Francis J. Keefe, Tamara J. Somers, David A. Williams, and Suzanne J. Smith
8. Psychophysiological and Neuroimaging Measures in the Assessment of Patients with Chronic Pain, Herta Flor and Patric Meyer
9. Quantification of Function in Chronic Low Back Pain, Peter B. Polatin, Whitney E. Worzer, Emily Brede, and Robert J. Gatchel
10. Assessment of Patients with Chronic Pain: A Comprehensive Approach, Dennis C. Turk and James P. Robinson
III. Assessment of Special Populations
11. Assessment of Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Danielle A. Ruskin, Khush A. Amaria, Fay F. Warnock, and Patricia A. McGrath
12. Assessment of Pain in Older Persons, Lynn R. Gauthier and Lucia Gagliese
13. Assessment of Pain in Adults and Children with Limited Ability to Communicate, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Lynn M. Breau, and Kenneth D. Craig
IV. Assessment of Specific Pain Conditions and Syndromes
14. Assessment of Acute Pain, Pain Relief, and Patient Satisfaction, Shawn T. Mason, James A. Fauerbach, and Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite
15. Clinical Assessment of Low Back Pain, Paul J. Watson
16. Assessment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome, Myofascial Pain Syndromes, and Whiplash-Associated Disorders, James P. Robinson and Dennis C. Turk
17. Assessment of Neuropathic Pain, Ian Gilron, Nadine Attal, Didier Bouhassira, and Robert H. Dworkin
18. Assessment of Headaches, Frank Andrasik, Dawn C. Buse, and Alyssa Lettich
19. Assessment of Patients with Cancer-Related Pain, Karen O. Anderson
V. Special Issues and Applications
20. Assessment of Psychiatric Disorders, Mark D. Sullivan and Jennifer Brennan Braden
21. Disability Evaluation in Painful Conditions, James P. Robinson
22. The Importance of Biopsychosocial Screening before Surgical Intervention or Opioid Therapy for Patients with Chronic Pain, Robert J. Gatchel
23. Assessment of Chronic Pain in Epidemiological and Health Services Research: Empirical Bases and New Directions, Michael Von Korff
24. Assessment of Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials, Alec B. O’Connor and Robert H. Dworkin
Conclusion
25. Trends and Future Directions, Dennis C. Turk and Ronald Melzack
About the Editors
Dennis C. Turk, PhD, is the John and Emma Bonica Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Research and Director of the Center for Pain Research on Impact, Measurement, and Effectiveness at the University of Washington School of Medicine. His research focuses on the assessment and treatment of a range of chronic pain conditions, clinical trial design, comparative effectiveness research, subgroup identification and treatment matching, and coping and adaptation. Dr. Turk is a recipient of the John C. Liebeskind Award for Career Contribution to Pain Research from the American Academy of Pain Management and the Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award from the American Pain Society.
Ronald Melzack, PhD, until his death in 2019, was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at McGill University in Québec, Canada. Dr. Melzack developed the McGill Pain Questionnaire, the world's most widely used measurement tool for research on pain in human subjects. In recognition of his breakthrough research on pain, Dr. Melzack was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada and received the Prix du Québec for research in pure and applied science. Among numerous awards, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, was honoured with a Killam Prize, and earned the Grawemeyer Award for Psychology. In 2009, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
Contributors
Karen O. Anderson, PhD, Department of Symptom Research, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Khush A. Amaria, PhD, Divisional Center for Pain Management and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Frank Andrasik, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
Nadine Attal, MD, PhD, Center of Evaluation and Treatment Doleur, Hospital Ambroise Pare, Boulogne, France
Didier Bouhassira, MD, PhD, Center of Evaluation and Treatment Doleur, Hospital Ambroise Pare, Boulogne, France
Lynn M. Breau, PhD, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Emily Brede, RN, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Jennifer Brennan Braden, MD, MPH, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Dawn C. Buse, PhD, Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Clinical Health Psychology Doctoral Program, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York
Annmarie Cano, PhD, Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Andrew J. Cook, PhD, Mental Health and Behavioral Medicine, Olin E. Teague VA Medical Center, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas
Kenneth D. Craig, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Douglas E. DeGood, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Robert H. Dworkin, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
James A. Fauerbach, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Herta Flor, PhD, Department of Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
Lucia Gagliese, PhD, Department of Anesthesia, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert J. Gatchel, PhD, ABPP, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Lynn R. Gauthier, PhD, Behavioral Sciences and Health Research Division, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ian Gilron, MD, MSc, Department of Anesthesiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Ruth E. Grunau, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite, PhD, Center for Mind-Body Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Mark P. Jensen, PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Paul Karoly, PhD, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Joel Katz, PhD, Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Francis J. Keefe, PhD, Department of Medical Psychology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Alyssa Lettich, MD, Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
Shawn T. Mason, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Patricia A. McGrath, PhD, Divisional Center for Pain Management and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
Ronald Melzack, PhD, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Patric Meyer, PhD, Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
Alec B. O'Connor, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
Peter B. Polatin, MD, The Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Victims of Torture, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kenneth M. Prkachin, PhD, Psychology Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
James P. Robinson, MD, PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Joan M. Romano, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Danielle A. Ruskin, PhD, Divisional Center for Pain Management and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Karen B. Schmaling, PhD, Office of the Dean, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
Suzanne J. Smith, PhD, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, North Carolina
Tamara J. Somers, PhD, Department of Medical Psychology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Mark D. Sullivan, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Dennis C. Turk, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Michael Von Korff, ScD, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Coop of Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington
Fay F. Warnock, PhD, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Paul J. Watson, PhD, PCSP, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Gwendolen Road, Leicester, United Kingdom
David A. Williams, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann, Arbor, Michigan
Whitney E. Worzer, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Audience
Clinical and health psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, counselors, and nurses; pain medicine and rehabilitation specialists; public health professionals; researchers in these fields.
Course Use
May serve as a text in graduate-level courses.
Previous editions published by Guilford:
Second Edition, © 2001
ISBN: 9781572304888
First Edition, © 1992
ISBN: 9780898628838
New to this edition:
- Concise chapters and a heightened focus on practical clinical issues.
- Incorporates significant advances in knowledge about pain and pain syndromes.
- Numerous new or refined assessment instruments and procedures, including applications of advanced imaging techniques.
- Chapter providing an integrated, comprehensive assessment approach for any type of chronic pain.