##  [Numeric Rating Scale for Pain](/numeric-rating-scale-pain) 

  ##  [Numeric Rating Scale for Pain](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/numeric-rating-scale-pain-0) 

  

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Definition

A unidimensional patient‑reported numeric scale in which individuals rate pain intensity on an ordered numeric range—commonly 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst imaginable pain)—used to quantify current, average, or worst pain when the respondent can reliably map subjective intensity to numbers.