The role of experience in the assessment of pain in others (CROSBI ID 580495)
Prilog sa skupa u zborniku | sažetak izlaganja sa skupa | međunarodna recenzija
Podaci o odgovornosti
Modić Stanke, Koraljka ; Ivanec, Dragutin ; Ružić, Valentina ; Petrak, Olivera ; Lučanin, Damir
engleski
The role of experience in the assessment of pain in others
Person experiencing pain is usually the most competent one to indicate intensity and unpleasantness of the pain he/she is feeling. However, self-reports of pain are not always possible to obtain, so different methods must be used – one of them is assessment of pain experience conducted by another individual, a professional or an outsider. Since experience usually improves individual’s efficacy in a certain field, it would be expected that professionals – who assess pain on daily basis, would be more accurate in such task than outsiders – who have no experience with such assessment. The aim of this study was to investigate whether level of observer’s experience with assessment of pain in others affects such assessment accuracy in experimentally induced pain. Observers, 32 students and 31 nurses, watched 6 video-tapes (3 volunteers in 2 different experimentally induced painful situations) and rated pain experience of the person on the tape. Results show no statistically significant difference between two samples ; both samples generally underestimated pain intensity and unpleasantness – indicating that everyday experience with assessment of pain in others does not improve efficacy in that task. Such finding suggests necessity of educational intervention which would enhance assessment accuracy of medical staff. Further studies are needed to investigate possible difference between professionals and outsiders in assessment accuracy of pain experienced in clinical conditions.
pain assessment ; experience ; pain unpleasantness ; pain intensity
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Podaci o prilogu
158-159.
2010.
objavljeno
Podaci o matičnoj publikaciji
Review of Psychology
Buško, Vesna ; Janig, Herbert ;
Jasrebarsko: Naklada Slap
Podaci o skupu
9th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference
predavanje
16.09.2010-18.09.2010
Klagenfurt, Austrija