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WILDA

Words, Intensity, Location, Duration, Aggravating and alleviating factors

A compact pain-assessment structure. Shorter than OPQRST and built around the patient’s own words for the pain.

What each letter stands for

  1. 1 Words — the patient’s own description.
  2. 2 Intensity — a rating.
  3. 3 Location.
  4. 4 Duration.
  5. 5 Aggravating and alleviating factors.

How it gets tested

The W is the point of the mnemonic: the patient’s wording, not the assessor’s summary of it.

Related terms

OPQRSTOLD CARTS

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