KPS

Keyword Pain Scale

The basic requirement for adequate pain management is a reliable pain measurement. The new pain scale Keywords Pain Scale app (KPS) was developed at the Klinikum Bayreuth GmbH to improve there was problems with established pain scales. After a verbal query pain intensity is divided into only 4 meaningful levels: A, B, C and D divided.

A pre-validation in the years 2016/2017 showed good agreement with the established in 1782 NRS investigations. The cut off point (intervention limit) is the KPS between B and C. A 11-step scale is unnecessary. (Thieme intense, output 02'2018)

The resting and exercise pain should be recorded separately from each other because patients tend to reproduce their pain retrospectively. Especially if the pain at rest is higher, or was. So it is possible to achieve a more accurate differentiation. The separate result is closer to the actual occurrence of pain and can werden.Es therapy targeted is a general right of people to be freed from their pain. The KPS app may be a new instrument additive or alternative to mainstream pain measurement is another innovative tool here. The goal is to always provide our patients an optimal and reliable pain management.