39 s pain the person is then requested or otherwise caused to slidably adjust the scale indicator 46 to a position on the pain scale 44 indicative of the extent of pain being experienced by the person to quantify the recorded pain for recordkeeping or comparison of the pain recorded at different times a quantitative measurement of the cognitive dimension of the pain is readily available by simply observing the position of the pointed end 51 of scale indicator leg 50 on the second scale 62 on the back side of the instrument a quantitative measurement of the sensory and emotional dimensions of the pain are obtained by adding up the ranks of the pain descriptors adjacent those selection indicators adjusted by the person to the first state indicating that those descriptors are accurately descriptive of the patient 39 s pain the ranks of the selected sensory pain descriptors are added up separately from the ranks of the selected emotional pain descriptors as indicated in the following example ______________________________________example person chooses the following descriptors sensory emotionaldescriptors rank descriptors rank______________________________________sharp 5 agonizing 4aching 3 troublesome 2burning 4 annoying 1 12 nagging 1 8pain intensity scoressensory 12emotional 8total 20______________________________________ the above is one example.