The Communication of Acute Postoperative Pain (CAPP):the clinically significant meanings behind numerical pain ratings

45% - 80%的患者在手术后仍有中度至重度疼痛，并且接受的可用止痛药不到50%。使用0 - 10的疼痛等级可能会导致这个问题，因为对于这些数字的含义或它们应该如何指导疼痛管理决策没有一致的理解。该项目的目的是开发一种标准的方法，使用数字疼痛等级来帮助患者报告疼痛的严重程度，从而帮助临床医生决定最佳的疼痛管理方法。

Between 45% – 80% of patients still have moderate to severe pain after surgery and receive less than 50% of the pain medications available. Using a 0 – 10 pain rating can contribute to this problem because there is no consistent understanding about what the numbers mean or how they should guide pain management decisions. The project aim is to develop a standard approach to using a numerical pain rating to assist patients to report the severity of their pain in ways that assists clinicians to decide the best pain management.