Accuracy of Critical Care Pain Observation Tool and Behavioral Pain Scale to assess pain in critically ill conscious and unconscious patients: prospective, observational study

Table 1 Behavioral Pain Scale, Critical Care Pain Observation Tool, Behavioral Pain Scale and Critical Care Pain Observation Tool combination

BPS score		CPOT score				BPS and CPOT combination score
Facial Expression		Facial Expression
Relaxed	1	Relaxed, neutral		0		1
Partially Tightened	2	Tense		1		3
Fully tightened Grimacing	3 or 4	Grimacing		2		5 or 6
Upper Limb Movement		Body Movement		Muscle Tension
No movement	1	Absence of movements	0	Relaxed	0	1
Partially bent	2	Protection	0 or 1	Tense, rigid	0 or 1	3 or 4
Fully bent with finger flexion Permanently retracted	3 or 4	Restlessness	0, 1, or 2	Very tense, or rigid	0, 1, or 2	5, 6, 7, or 8
Ventilator Compliance		Ventilator Compliance
Tolerating movement	1	Tolerating ventilator		0		1
Coughing but tolerating for the most of time	2	Coughing but tolerating		1		3
Fighting ventilator Unable to control ventilation	3 or 4	Fighting ventilator		2		5 or 6

The table shows the Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS) (first column), the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) scores (second column), and the BPS and CPOT combination score (third column). The individual BPS and CPOT scores for each raw were summed. The BPS and CPOT combination score was obtained from the individual BPS and CPOT combination score from each raw. This combined BPS and CPOT score ranges from 3 to 20

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