Multiple Choice Questions
1. Pain has been described as ‘an aversive, personal, ______ experience, influenced by cultural learning, the meaning of the situation, attention and other psychological variables, which disrupts ongoing behaviour and motivates the individual to attempt to stop the pain’ (Melzack and Wall, 1988).
- objective
- nerve-shattering
- nasty
- subjective
2. Pain has also been described as ‘whatever the person experiencing it says it is, ______ whenever the experiencing person says it does’ (McCaffery and Thorpe, 1988).
- lasting
- finishing
- beginning
- existing
3. The specificity view of pain was described by ______ in 1664.
- Kant
- Locke
- Descartes
- Hume
4. A pain persisting for three months or more that tends not to respond to pharmacological treatment is called ______.
- acute
- chronic
- malignant
- organic
5. The best known and most frequently used pain questionnaire is the ______.
- Sickness Impact Profile
- Bio-behavioural Pain Profile
- Pain Information and Beliefs Questionnaire
- McGill Pain Questionnaire
Read the passage and fill in the missing words using the options that follow.
Herr, Bjoro and Decker (2006) found that there is no (6) ______ tool based on (7) ______ pain indicators in English that can be recommended for clinical practice. It is therefore necessary to rely on the reports of (8) ______ others (e.g. carer, interpreter), which has additional challenges of (9) ______, interpretation, and motivation.
6. Which is the best option?
- nonverbal/behavioural
- standardized
- significant
- perception
7. Which is the best option?
- standardized
- significant
- perception
- nonverbal/behavioural
8. Which is the best option?
- standardized
- significant
- perception
- nonverbal/behavioural
9. Which is the best option?
- standardized
- significant
- perception
- nonverbal/behavioural
Read this passage and fill in the missing words using the options that follow.
The (10) ______ receives inputs from nociceptors that it projects to the brain via a (11) ______. The (10) ______ also receives information from the brain about the psychological and emotional state of the individual. This information can act as an (12) ______ that closes the (11) ______ preventing the transmission of the nociceptive impulses and thus modifying the perception of pain. The (13) ______ operates based on the relative activity of the peripheral nociceptor fibres and the descending cortical fibres. Pain impulses must reach conscious awareness before pain is experienced. If awareness can be prevented, the experience of pain is decreased, eliminated or deferred.
10. Which is the best option?
- mechanism
- neural gate
- inhibitory control
- dorsal horn
11. Which is the best option?
- mechanism
- neural gate
- inhibitory control
- dorsal horn
12. Which is the best option?
- mechanism
- neural gate
- inhibitory control
- dorsal horn
13. Which is the best option?
- mechanism
- neural gate
- inhibitory control
- dorsal horn
