Zehra Polat Turan

Comparison of patient preference for and interpretability of video-based pain-expression scenarios and the numerical rating scale for postoperative pain assessment: a prospective observational study

Background: Postoperative pain assessment relies primarily on numeric self-report tools, such as the numerical rating scale (NRS); these tools require abstract numerical cognition and may be challenging for some patients in the immediate postoperative period. Thus, in this prospe...