Language and the pain experience

Wilson, Dianne; Williams, Marie; Butler, David S.

doi:10.1002/pri.424

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“…With many MPQ-VN words not being used and a large number of Non-MPQ-VN words being employed in the Vietnamese expressions of pain, MPQ descriptors could not reflect the patients' pain experience comprehensively in the Vietnamese context. This is consistent with the previous research, for example, Kortesluoma and Nikkonen (2006), McGuire (1984), Söderberg and Norberg (1995), Strong et al (2009), andWilson et al (2009). The findings also suggest that the MPQ descriptors may not provide sufficient richness and depth for understanding the expressions of pain experience of Vietnamese women.…”

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“…In other words, this finding is consistent with the previous research which stated that MPQ descriptors may neither comprehensively reflect what the patients wish to describe about their pain, nor mirror the complex experience of pain (Kortesluoma & Nikkonen, 2006;McGuire, 1984;Söderberg & Norberg, 1995;Strong et al, 2009;Wilson et al, 2009). A thorough analysis of how the MPQ-VN words were employed by the Vietnamese patients is presented in section 4.4.1.…”

Section: Mpq-vn Descriptorssupporting

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“…The role of language has been validated in pain measurement and assessment (Anciano, 1985;Cambier, 1998;Melzack, 1975Melzack, , 1987Strong et al, 2009), and in understanding and managing the pain experience (Merskey, 1994;Wilson, Williams, & Butler, 2009). Moreover, the language used for communicating pain determines the relationship which the patient develops with his/her physician, family, and society as a whole (Cambier, 1998).…”

Section: Pain and Languagementioning

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“…First, it has been argued that the MPQ words may not comprehensively reflect what the patients want to describe about their pain (Wilson et al, 2009). The pain descriptions based on structured questionnaires may not mirror the complete experience of pain (Kortesluoma & Nikkonen, 2006;McGuire, 1984;Söderberg & Norberg, 1995).…”

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The language of pain in Vietnamese

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Pain is broadly defined as " […] an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage" (Merskey & Bogduk, 1994, p. 250). With language being a key channel through which pain is expressed, there is now a growing body of research exploring the language of pain from various perspectives. Nonetheless, while a substantial number of the studies have focused principally on lexis and its application in clinical settings, only a few have attempted to portray how pain is profiled by wider aspects of language, including metaphor, using an established framework. Moreover, while pain language has been investigated in different languages, with the strongest focus on English, Vietnamese pain language has been scarcely examined.This study explores the language of pain in Vietnamese, with a focus on providing an interdisciplinary view on Vietnamese pain language, ranging from lexicology, semantics, and functional grammar to conceptual metaphor as part of cognitive semantics. Specifically, the study aims to investigate Vietnamese pain terms and pain descriptors, and then determine to what extent the Vietnamese equivalents of the pain descriptors from Melzack's (1975) standard McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), known as the most authoritative pain assessment instrument based on language, are used by the Vietnamese patients. The study also treats the functional grammar of pain in Vietnamese, using the established framework of Halliday (1998), and explores Vietnamese conceptual metaphors of pain, using the schemata of Talmy (1988) and Kövecses (2000Kövecses ( , 2010.These framework and schemata have been validated by pain language research in languages such as English and Greek.The data of the study was collected from semi-structured interviews with 26 Vietnamese women with cancer who were recruited from a large hospital in Vietnam. An interview protocol was designed to generate informative responses from the participants. Content analysis was employed in three phases of the analytical process. The data was (1) transcribed, (2) coded, and (3)

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“…It should, however, be highlighted that the pain neuromatrix can be ignited by smell, vision, and words . It is believed that threatening words may ignite the pain neuromatrix, and the use (and repetitive use) of the actual word "pain" may cause and increase the activation of the pain neuromatrix (Louw, Diener, Landers, and Puentedura, 2014;Wilson, Williams, and Butler, 2009). Therefore, assessing pain needs to be done with caution.…”

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Listening is therapy: Patient interviewing from a pain science perspective

Diener

Kargela

Louw

2016

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

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The interview of a patient attending physical therapy is the cornerstone of the physical examination, diagnosis, plan of care, prognosis, and overall efficacy of the therapeutic experience. A thorough, skilled interview drives the objective tests and measures chosen, as well as provides context for the interpretation of those tests and measures, during the physical examination. Information from the interview powerfully influences the treatment modalities chosen by the physical therapist (PT) and thus also impacts the overall outcome and prognosis of the therapy sessions. Traditional physical therapy focuses heavily on biomedical information to educate people about their pain, and this predominant model focusing on anatomy, biomechanics, and pathoanatomy permeates the interview and physical examination. Although this model may have a significant effect on people with acute, sub-acute or postoperative pain, this type of examination may not only gather insufficient information regarding the pain experience and suffering, but negatively impact a patient's pain experience. In recent years, physical therapy treatment for pain has increasingly focused on pain science education, with increasing evidence of pain science education positively affecting pain, disability, pain catastrophization, movement limitations, and overall healthcare cost. In line with the ever-increasing focus of pain science in physical therapy, it is time for the examination, both subjective and objective, to embrace a biopsychosocial approach beyond the realm of only a biomedical approach. A patient interview is far more than "just" collecting information. It also is a critical component to establishing an alliance with a patient and a fundamental first step in therapeutic neuroscience education (TNE) for patients in pain. This article highlights the interview process focusing on a pain science perspective as it relates to screening patients, establishing psychosocial barriers to improvement, and pain mechanism assessment.

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Well-Being and Its Conceptualization

Rojas

2019

Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making

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Language and the pain experience

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The language of pain in Vietnamese

The language of pain in Vietnamese

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