We thank Drs. Hiller and Cattano for their interest in our article as well as their suggestions for additional questions for pain assessment. Additional questions to include acute versus chronic pain, nociceptive versus neuropathic and malignant cancer pain are very appropriate measures that would contribute to a multidimensional pain assessment. In regard to pain assessments involving static (rest) and dynamic (movement), we agree that these findings should also be routinely recorded and benefit the recovery process.
The original design of the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRSv2.0) was intended to be used as a screening tool for acute and chronic pain in a variety of health care environments (specifically the military field environment). Although we did not include unique questions regarding neuropathic pain, we recognize these questions are part of a comprehensive pain evaluation of which the DVPRS was designed to be a routine part. We agree and encourage...
