Quality pain management implies a thorough pain assessment with structured communication between patients and healthcare providers. Pain distribution is an important dimension of cancer pain. Assessment of pain distribution is commonly performed on a pain body map.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Pain localization is an important part of pain assessment. Development of pain tools for self-report should include expert and patient input, and patient testing in large samples.
Objectives: To develop a computerized pain body map (CPBM) for use in patients with advanced cancer.