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? 1999 H.U. Gerbershagen, J. Korb, B. Nagel, P. Nilges. Used with permission.
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| COMMENTS |
The Mainz Pain Staging System is a multi-dimensional tool developed to grade chr
onic pain severity and group chronic pain disorders. Chronic pain is assessed th
rough 10 items in four axes, temporal aspects of pain, spatial aspects of pain,
drug taking behavior, and health care utilization, each item scored from 1-3. In
dividual scores are summed and converted to a final stage of I, II, or III, wher
e higher values are associated with greater pain. [PMID: 12799906] [PMID: 200939
84].
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