CUSTOMIZED PAIN ASSESSMENT

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：未经治疗的 在美国，中度到重度疼痛的比例可能高达25%。疼痛 是促使人们寻求医疗照顾的主要症状，但 这是非常难以衡量的。心理学应用将开发一个 菜单驱动的软件程序，将允许卫生专业人员量身定制一个 根据他们的具体需求进行疼痛评估。该方案的选择将代表 目前可用于疼痛评估的主要方法的汇编。的 软件将包括不同时间范围内的评估， 和连续评级，强度和负面影响的双重标度，以及 包括视觉模拟和类别量表。该方法被称为 定制疼痛评估（CPA）。这种计算机程序的一个优点是 对响应数据的即时评分，这可能是繁琐的评分， 可能立即以图形形式或其他形式总结结果 定制报告。另一个优点是能够满足各种 在一个应用程序中满足临床和研究需求。 最终产品将是用户友好的，并可用于常用的 计算机平台（Windows 95/98，Macintosh）。结合这些 特点，加上负担得起的价格，确保该计划的 商业可行性。 拟定商业应用： 有突出的商业前景的计算机管理的方法，以提供 从业人员和研究人员与替代技术测量强度和 痛苦的情绪成分 一旦定制疼痛评估（CPA）包 实施和测试，获得该计划的网站许可证将出售给诊所， 参与疼痛评估的研究机构。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract): The prevalence of untreated moderate to severe pain may be as high as 25 percent in the United States. Pain is the primary symptom that prompts individuals to seek medical attention, but it is extremely difficult to measure. Psychological Applications will develop a menu-driven software program that will allow health professionals to tailor an assessment of pain to their specific needs. The program options will represent a compilation of the major methods currently available for pain assessment. The software will include assessment over varying time frames, including discrete and continuous ratings, dual scaling of intensity and negative affect, and the inclusion of visual analogue and category scales. The approach is called Customized Pain Assessment (CPA). One advantage of such a computer program is the immediate scoring of response data, which can be tedious to score, and the potential to immediately summarize the results in graphical form or other customized reports. Another advantage is the ability to satisfy a wide variety of clinical and research needs within a single application. The final product will be user-friendly, and available for the commonly used computer platforms (Windows 95/98, Macintosh). The combination of these characteristics, together with an affordable price, ensures the program's commercial viability. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: There are outstanding commercial prospects for a computer-administered method to provide practitioners and researchers with alternative techniques for measuring the intensity and emotional components of pain. Once the Customized Pain Assessment (CPA) package is implemented and tested, site licenses for acquiring the program will be sold to clinics and research organizations involved in pain assessment.