There are more focused potential explanations for the poor
performance of the pain screening NRS, including the time
frame and wording of the question. Because it focuses on
current pain, the NRS might miss intermittent symptoms. In
addition, we found that “pain” was not the preferred word for
some patients to describe their subjective experience. For
example, one participant reported difficulty answering the
questions because “I feel great discomfort, but it is different
than pain