The AMDS system for the documentation of symptoms and signs associated with pain

Gromer TW, Kaefferlein W, Menger B, Dohrenbusch R, Kappis B, Maihoefner C, Kornhuber J, Philipsen A, Mueller HHO (2017)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Schmerz Springer Verlag (Germany)

Book Volume: 31

Pages Range: 610-618

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1007/s00482-017-0241-y

Abstract

The authors present a system for nomenclature and documentation of symptoms and signs associated with pain. The system was compiled in a staged process by the study group for methods and documentation of pain-associated symptoms and signs (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Methodik und Dokumentation von Schmerzbefunden [AMDS]). The suggested items were elaborated from terms used in current national and international guidelines and classifications and in part integrated into superordinate terms. The items that were built up by this approach aim to reflect the broad spectrum of pain diseases. The items for the description of pain-associated symptoms and signs are divided into the areas of algesiomotor, psychoalgesiological and somatoalgesiological findings. The aim is the documentation of a multidimensional algesiological description of findings with defined terminology, which can serve as a comparable and unified standard, particularly in the field of pain assessment. The AMDS system should enable a systematic description of pain, which is a reliable foundation for diagnostics, therapy planning and expert case evaluation.

Authors with CRIS profile

Johannes Kornhuber Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Involved external institutions

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Germany (DE) Interdisziplinäre medizinische Begutachtung IMB Kassel

Germany (DE) Klinikum Fürth

Germany (DE) Dres. med. Käfferlein, Grömer und Kollegen Praxisklinik für Neurologie, Psychiatrie, Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie

Germany (DE) Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU)

Germany (DE) Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Gromer, T.W., Kaefferlein, W., Menger, B., Dohrenbusch, R., Kappis, B., Maihoefner, C.,... Mueller, H.H.O. (2017). The AMDS system for the documentation of symptoms and signs associated with pain. Schmerz, 31(6), 610-618. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00482-017-0241-y

MLA:

Gromer, Teja W., et al. "The AMDS system for the documentation of symptoms and signs associated with pain." Schmerz 31.6 (2017): 610-618.