An assessment tool that uses the mnemonic OPQRSTUV to assist health care professionals systematically assess people who screen positively for the presence or risk of any type of pain and who can self report.
Figure 1 (page 21) RNAO BPG Assessment and Management of Pain 3rd Edition (2012) http://rnao.ca/bpg/guidelines/assessment-and-management-pain
Adapted from "Symptom Assessment Acronym "OPQRSTUV", in Fraser Health Authority, 2012, Hospice Palliative Care Program Symptom Guidelines. Retrieved from https://www.fraserhealth.ca/-/media/Project/FraserHealth/FraserHealth/Health-Professionals/Professionals-Resources/Hospice-palliative-care/SymptomAssessmentRevised_Sept09.pdf