Abstract
Methods currently used to assess clinical pain report provide, at best, only qualitative information about the pain experience. This paper describes alternative quantitative methods for the multidimensional assessment of pain. The Tursky Pain Perception Profile is described in detail. The four parts of this profile provide (1) measures of sensory threshold and pain connotative judgments, (2) a measure of an individual's ability to make magnitude estimates of controlled nociceptive stimuli, (3) quantified pain descriptors, and (4) a pain diary format useful for ongoing evaluation. The rationale, the reliability and validity, as well as advantages and disadvantages of each of the four parts of the profile are described. The psychophysical evaluation techniques described in the Pain Perception Profile can provide behavioral clinicians with more reliable and objective information about the pain experience.
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