While completing an assessment with an adult experiencing chronic pain, you ask the client to choose one word from a list of 15 descriptors to identify his pain intensity. There is an associated number with that word that will be used as the pain intensity score. Which assessment does this best represent?

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The use of a list of descriptors to choose from to identify pain intensity represents a verbal rating scale. Visual analog scales typically involve a line or scale that the client marks to indicate their level of pain, the FACES Scale uses pictures or facial expressions, and the McGill Pain Questionnaire involves rating the quality of pain using a list of adjectives.

While Completing an Assessment with an Adult Experiencing Chronic Pain