Assessing Acute Itch Intensity: General Labelled Magnitude Scale is More Reliable than Classic Visual Analogue Scale

Pain relief scale is more highly correlated with numerical rating scale than with visual analogue scale in chronic pain patients.

The pain relief scale (PRS) is a method that measures the magnitude of change in pain intensity after treatment. The present study aimed to evaluate the correlation between PRS and changes in pain determined by the visual analogue scale (VAS) and numerical rating scale (NRS), to confirm the evidence supporting the use of PRS. Sixty patients with chronic spinal pain that had a VAS and NRS record...

Itch Assessment with Visual Analogue Scale and Numerical Rating Scale: Determination of Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Chronic Itch.

Comparative cut-off value setting of pruritus intensity in visual analogue scale and verbal rating scale.

Comparison of visual analogue scale and faces rating scale in measuring acute postoperative pain.

Several pain assessment tools have been proposed for use in different settings, but neither have been validated for all patients, especially Iranians. We conducted this study to compare the accuracy of two most commonly used tools for evaluation of pain intensity in a group of postoperative Iranian patients. All postoperative patients admitted to the surgical wards of Masih Daneshvari and Rasou...

A Comparison of Iran and UK EQ-5D-3L Value Sets Based on Visual Analogue Scale

Background Preference weights for EQ-5D-3L based on visual analogue scale (VAS) has recently been developed in Iran. The aim of the current study was to compare performance of this value set against the UK VAS-based value set.   Methods The mean scores for all possible 243 health states were compared using Student t test. Absolute agreement and consistency were investigated using concordance co...