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Suffering Score of Wilson et al

Purpose: To evaluate how much a patient is suffering using the Suffering Score of Wilson et al.

Description

Wilson et al used a suffering score to evaluate the amount of suffering associated with cancer. This can help monitor a patient with a serious disease over time and to gauge the need for intervention. The authors are from multiple cancer centers across Canada.


 

Parameters:

(1) sense of suffering

(2) extent to which the suffering is a problem for the patient

 

Sense of Suffering

Extent To Which Suffering is Viewed as a Problem

Suffering Score

none

none

0

minimal

none

1

mild

minor

2

moderate

significant

3

strong

prominent and ongoing

4

severe

troubling, serious, almost always present

5

extreme

constant, unrelieved, consuming

6

 

where:

• An alternative index might be the product of suffering times the duration.

• This could lend itself to a visual analog scale (VAS).


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Objective

ICD-10