Escala de Glasgow de valoración del dolor en perros: aplicación y validación

The Glasgow Composite Measure Pain Scale was developed to measure acute pain in dogs in a hospital setting. In this investigation a modified version of the scale was applied in a centre with a different surgical case load and analgesic protocols, and where English is not the first language, to test its validity in a different clinical environment. The modified scale was used to score pain in... + Leer más

The Glasgow Composite Measure Pain Scale was developed to measure acute pain in dogs in a hospital setting. In this investigation a modified version of the scale was applied in a centre with a different surgical case load and analgesic protocols, and where English is not the first language, to test its validity in a different clinical environment. The modified scale was used to score pain in 60 dogs during the 24 hours after surgery. Their levels of sedation and a clinical impression of their pain were scored at the same time. Three questions were considered; first, how the modified pain score was related to the pain assessed subjectively, secondly, how it related to variables such as the surgical procedure and the dog's health and thirdly, how it changed over time. The mean modified pain scores for the dogs rated subjectively as having no, mild, moderate or severe pain were significantly different, indicating that the modified scale distinguished between pain of different severities. The changes in the dogs' scores also followed the expected changes in their level of pain with time, providing empirical evidence that the scale measures pain.

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La escala de Glasgow es la primera escala de valoración del dolor postoperatorio validada para su empleo en perros. Ello implica que los resultados que se obtienen tras su empleo son coherentes y reproducibles, es decir, no varían en función de quien realice la evaluación o donde lo haga. Por este motivo, esta escala es la más empleada para valorar el dolor... + Leer más

La escala de Glasgow es la primera escala de valoración del dolor postoperatorio validada para su empleo en perros. Ello implica que los resultados que se obtienen tras su empleo son coherentes y reproducibles, es decir, no varían en función de quien realice la evaluación o donde lo haga. Por este motivo, esta escala es la más empleada para valorar el dolor en perros. Los autores de este trabajo realizan precisamente esta validación empleándola en un entorno diferente (Holanda) del que fue creada (Glasgow).
Actualmente la versión corta o abreviada es empleada en numerosos centros con fines de investigación o simplemente clínicos, con el fin de mejorar el control del dolor en los pacientes caninos.

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