The Protocol was used upon the permission and NOC from the site of study i.e. tertiary care hospital.
Ethical guidelines were maintained and ethics approval from Institutional Ethics Committee was received. (Approval No. SDPC/IEC-02/01/2021)
Patient Privacy was maintained and carried out under the observation of hospital clinical pharmacist and an experienced radio-oncologist.
1) Approaching the patient at suitable time.
2) Greeting the Patient and asking for the language of communication preferred.
3) Explaining the objectives and purpose of the study
4) Upon counselling, assessing the severity of pain orally and visually using the scale.
5) Reaching a concluding answer and marking the response in the data collection form.
1) Approaching patient documents for an overview of the patients condition.
2) With consultation of the attending physician, marking the responses on five parameters of the scale.
1) Mood is generally assessed upon conclusive results of the caretaker and the patient.
2) Each mood behaviour is openly discussed with both the stakeholders and the response is marked.