A common metric in triaging and diagnosing illness is a pain scale.Generally,patients report how much pain they are in on a scale of 1 to 10.These scales can be reinterpreted as an attempt to overcome which difficulty?

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Pain is a subjective experience and can be difficult to measure objectively. Pain scales attempt to overcome the difficulty of interpersonal comparisons of utility, by allowing patients to rate and compare their pain levels on a standardized scale. The other options are not relevant to the use of pain scales in triaging and diagnosing illness.

A Common Metric in Triaging and Diagnosing Illness Is a Pain