Prediction and assessment of the severity of post-operative pain and of satisfaction with management

The short-form McGill pain questionnaire

1987 • 4,176 citations

Gender variations in clinical pain experience

1996 • 1,525 citations

A comparison of pain measurement characteristics of mechanical visual analogue and simple numerical rating scales

1994 • 1,136 citations

The faces pain scale for the self-assessment of the severity of pain experienced by children: Development, initial validation, and preliminary investigation for ratio scale properties

1990 • 1,094 citations

Acute Pain after Thoracic Surgery Predicts Long-Term Post-Thoracotomy Pain

1996 • 908 citations

Ratio scales of sensory and affective verbal pain descriptors

1978 • 558 citations

Age is the best predictor of postoperative morphine requirements

1996 • 309 citations

Nurses' assessment of postoperative patients' pain

1993 • 281 citations

Evaluation of the Faces Pain Scale for Use with the Elderly

1998 • 245 citations

Improving Outcomes of Analgesic Treatment: Is Education Enough?

1990 • 242 citations

Assessment of patient satisfaction utilizing the American Pain Society's quality assurance standards on acute and cancer-related pain

1994 • 221 citations

Postoperative pain therapy: a survey of patients' expectations and their experiences

1990 • 202 citations

Preoperative predictors of postoperative pain

1983 • 197 citations

Perceptions of pain relief after surgery.

1990 • 192 citations

Implementing national standards for cancer pain management: Program model and evaluation

1996 • 163 citations

Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians: Number 12: Managing Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children

1994 • 152 citations

Psychological characteristics and the effectiveness of patient-controlled analgesia

1995 • 149 citations

Pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

1994 • 136 citations

Can different patient satisfaction survey methods yield consistent results? Comparison of three surveys

1996 • 134 citations

Role of Psychological Factors in Postoperative Pain Control and Recovery with Patient-Controlled Analgesia

1994 • 132 citations

Identification of patient, medical and nursing staff attitudes to postoperative opioid analgesia: stage 1 of a longitudinal study of postoperative analgesia

1992 • 98 citations

Interpreting the results of observational research: chance is not such a fine thing

1994 • 97 citations

Postoperative analgesia: pain by choice? The influence of patient attitudes and patient education

1992 • 87 citations

Pain thresholds and electromyographic features of periarticular muscles in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

1981 • 81 citations

Pain, anxiety and powerlessness

1991 • 76 citations

Surgical patientsʼ expectations of pain and discomfort: Does accuracy of expectations minimise post-surgical pain and distress?

1985 • 69 citations

Systematic pain records and their impact on pain control

1991 • 67 citations

Good patients cope with their pain: postoperative analgesia and nurses' perceptions of their patients' pain

1996 • 65 citations

Systematic pain records and their impact on pain control. A pilot study.

1991 • 62 citations

Individual Pain History and Familial Pain Tolerance Models

1993 • 52 citations

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1994 • 42 citations

Intensity, latency and duration of post-thoracotomy pain: relationship to personality traits.

1990 • 36 citations

Changing the Practice of Pain Management

1997 • 32 citations

Changing the Practice of Pain Management

1997 • 24 citations

Identifying Nursing Research Priorities in a Newly Merged Healthcare System

1997 • 11 citations