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Evaluation of the use of visual analogue scale in Chinese patients.
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The linear analogue score can be used in Chinese patients with relative accuracy provided it has been well explained and younger patients and those with higher intelligence can make better judgement in placing a mark where they wish it to be.Abstract:
The linear analogue score can be used in Chinese patients with relative accuracy provided it has been well explained. The error from employing a vertical presentation is significantly less than that from a horizontal one. The choice of upward or downward orientation is a matter of convenience. Younger patients and those with higher intelligence are quicker to understand the concept and can make better judgement in placing a mark where they wish it to be. A linear analogue scale seems to be a suitable method to record and study pain in a Chinese population.read more
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Pain: a review of three commonly used pain rating scales.
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Comparison of verbal and visual analogue scales for measuring the intensity and unpleasantness of experimental pain
TL;DR: Results confirm that both visual analogue and verbal descriptor techniques successfully quantify sensory intensity and affective aspects of pain, but that verbal descriptors may provide the more sensitive tool for separating intensity and unpleasantness.
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Measurement of pain.
TL;DR: For assessing response to treatment, a pain-relief scale has advantages over a pain scale as discussed by the authors, which cannot be said to have been relieved unless pain or pain relief has been directly measured.
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Graphic representation of pain.
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TL;DR: Most patients could readily use visual analogue and graphic rating scales despite having no previous experience and use of these scales is the best available method for measuring pain or pain relief.
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The reliability of a linear analogue for evaluating pain.
TL;DR: A linear analogue for rating pain with 10, 15 and 20 cm lines is significantly less variable than a 5 cm line and the linear analogue rating of a constant pain stimulus is reproducible and changes in rating are likely to be real changes of opinion.