Assessment of Pain in Animals
Assessment of animal pain and quality of life is an expanding area in veterinary science. University of Glasgow analytics research has underpinned the development of tools measuring acute pain (Glasgow Composite Measure Pain Scale: CMPS) and quality-of-life impacts of chronic pain in dogs (GUVQuest), and subsequently, the tools for assessing acute (CMPS-Feline) and chronic pain (HRQL-Feline) in cats. CMPS, considered the gold standard for assessing acute pain in dogs in clinical settings, is recommended in World Small Animal Veterinary Association pain guidelines, and has been translated into seven languages. Collectively, these tools have changed veterinary practice by informing decision-making by owners and veterinarians and improved the quality of evidence obtained in clinical trials.
Researchers
Publications
- Optimisation of Scores Generated by an Online Feline Health–Related Quality of Life (HRQL) Instrument to Assist the Veterinary User Interpret Its Results. Frontiers in veterinary science, 7, (2021).
- Development of an Early Warning System for Owners Using a Validated Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) Instrument for Companion Animals and Its Use in a Large Cohort of Dogs. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, (2020).
- Optimising outputs from a validated online instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) in dogs. Plos One, 14 (9), (2019).
- Definitive Glasgow acute pain scale for cats: validation and intervention level. Veterinary Record, 180 (18), (2017).
- Evaluation of facial expression in acute pain in cats. Journal of Small Animal Practise, 55 (12), (2014).
- Development of a behaviour‐based measurement tool with defined intervention level for assessing acute pain in cats. Journal of Small Animal Practise, 55 (12), (2014).
- Development, validation and reliability of a web‐based questionnaire to measure health‐related quality of life in dogs. Journal of Small Animal Practise, 54 (5), (2013).