Pain Assessment and Documentation Tool

Name	Pain Assessment and Documentation Tool
Other Names	PADT
Where can it be found?	Click Here
Description	The PADT helps provide a detailed documentation of a patient’s improvement, and objectively record a patient’s care. It is a clinician-directed interview, designed to assess pain relief, the side effects of treatment, the patient’s ability to function in day to day life and to spot any irregular or potentially harmful drug-related behaviour throughout their treatment.
What permission is there	1 National Unlimited Permission
Further Notes	The tool is owned by Dr J Schein, co-author and senior director at Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs. Prescriberesponsibly.com - hosted by Janssen Pharmaceuticals - includes a legal notice page outlining explicitly that the content hosted there, including the PADT, is presented for the benefit of U.S based clinicians and makes no mention of the rest of the world. Contact with Janssen Europe has established that use of the tool is free for use by NHS Scotland, provided a letter is sent to Dr Schein agreeing to abide by certain terms and conditions. See uploaded documents for a copy of the instructions, and the limitations on making changes to the tool.
Subject	Pain
Searcher	GGC
Where is the evidence of this permission kept?	See attached documentation below
Date last checked	19/07/2017
Date next checked	19/07/2019
Before use read:	About Tools and Measures