Cultural: General Considerations

Pain Assessment Questions

(from Lasch, K. Culture: pain and culturally sensitive pain care. Pain Manag Nurs. 2000;1:19)

• What word or name do you use for ‘pain’?
• Why do you think you have pain?
• What are your fears about the pain? What do you fear the most?
• What treatment do you think you should receive?
  • Do you use cultural remedies, traditional healers?
• How are your family/friends involved in your pain management? What do you want them to know?

Culture's Effect on Pain Assessment

• African Americans
• Arab
• Chinese
• Latino