Studies were primarily related to the assessment of pain in relation to surgical procedures , and no clear distinction was made concerning the onset of acute and chronic pain .
The metrics used within the tools appeared to focus primarily on the sensory aspect of pain , with no study clearly discriminating between the sensory and affective components of pain .
Objectives The objectives were to review systematic ally the range of assessment tools used in cats to detect the behavioural expression of pain and the evidence of their quality ; and to examine behavioural metrics ( considering both the sensory and affective domains ) used to assess pain .
Owner-assessed indices of quality of life in cats and the relationship to the presence of degenerative joint disease
This study evaluated the types of items owners consider important to their cats ’ quality of life ( QoL ) . We hypothesized that items contributing to QoL in cats are predominantly items requiring mobility . The objectives of the study were to describe the types of items considered important by owners for their cats ’ QoL ; to describe the proportion of these items that involve mobility ; to evaluate what patient factors , including severity of degenerative joint disease ( DJD ) , affect this distribution ; and to evaluate whether the proportion of QoL items involving mobility chosen by owners is different in cats presenting for a DJD study compared with a r and omly selected population . A total of 830 client-generated items were evaluated . Regardless of DJD status , 40 % of items listed by owners involved  mobility  , while 60 % were ‘ inactive ’ items , rejecting our hypothesis . This highlights the need to assess non-active items that owners consider to constitute QoL to fully assess the impact of diseases like DJD and , therefore , the success of therapeutic interventions
Studies were primarily related to the assessment of pain in relation to surgical procedures , and no clear distinction was made concerning the onset of acute and chronic pain .
The metrics used within the tools appeared to focus primarily on the sensory aspect of pain , with no study clearly discriminating between the sensory and affective components of pain .
Objectives The objectives were to review systematic ally the range of assessment tools used in cats to detect the behavioural expression of pain and the evidence of their quality ; and to examine behavioural metrics ( considering both the sensory and affective domains ) used to assess pain .