A new tool for patients with communication difficulties (for example, due to dementia, stroke, learning disability or acute confusion), the Bolton Pain Assessment Tool (BPAT) was produced. It combines ...

But if, for example, a pain score was 8 before an intervention and 5 afterwards, the intervention has been partially effective. Pain scales can also be of value ... with cognitive impairment, such as ...

When patients cannot verbalize their pain, the pain assessment instrument Abbey Pain Scale is sometimes used instead—but it does not work for patients with cancer, according to a thesis.

A new tool for patients with communication difficulties (for example, due to dementia, stroke, learning disability or acute confusion), the Bolton Pain Assessment Tool (BPAT) was produced. It combines ...