UNLABELLED One of the most challenging topics in tinnitus clinical studies is the measuring method used. Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) and Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) are frequently used in tinnitus. AIM To verify the relationship between VAS and THI scores in tinnitus patients in a prospective study. MATERIALS AND METHODS 43 patients classified their tinnitus according to VAS and THI,...

BACKGROUND H1 antihistamines are widely used as therapeutics for allergic diseases. Sedation is a well-known side effect of H1 antihistamines and sometimes it is life-threatening for patients. Thus it is important to evaluate the sedative properties of H1 antihistamines to avoid side effects. For this purpose, histamine H1 receptor (H1R) occupancy and proportional impairment ratios (PIR) are no...

Various types of visual analogue scales (VAS) are used in epidemiologic and clinical research. This paper reports on a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of variations in the orientation and type of scale on bias and precision in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. This trial was included in the pilot study of the SU.VI.MAX (supplementation by antioxidant vitamins and...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the self-perceived orthodontic treatment need in a university population evaluated through 3 scales that used different approaches. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING University dental clinic, Lima, Peru, 2001. MATERIALS AND METHODS Questionnaires that gathered perceptions on dentofacial aesthetic perception and orthodontic treatment need were applied to a random...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale (VAS) pain score varies according to the severity of pain reported. METHOD Prospective descriptive study of adult patients in an urban emergency department (ED). On presentation to the ED, patients marked the level of their pain on a 100 mm, non-hatched VAS scale. At 20 minute intervals thereafte...

This literature study aimed to identify the effectiveness of exercise in reducing pain thresholds adolescents with dysmenorrhea. A search on Pubmed, Research Gate, ScienceDirect, and Proquest, was conducted from March June 2022. Stretching, Zumba, FITT, Yoga, Aerobics, Physical activity were exercises found journal, population devoted adolescents. The research design a Randomized Controlled Tri...

The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), Verbal Rating Scale (VRS), and the Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R) are among the most commonly used measures of pain intensity in clinical and research settings. Although evidence supports their validity as measures of pain intensity, few studies have compared them with respect to the critical validity criteria of responsivity, and...

UNLABELLED Back pain is commonly classified based on duration. There is currently limited information regarding differences in the clinical features of back pain between these duration-based groupings. Here, we compared the pain characteristics of patients with subacute (SBP; pain 6-16 weeks, n = 40) and chronic back pain (CBP; pain ≥1 year, n = 37) recruited from the general population. CBP pa...

INTRODUCTION: Patient satisfaction becomes more important in our modern health care system. The assessment of satisfaction is difficult because it is a multifactorial item for which no golden standard exists. One of the potential methods of measuring satisfaction is by using the well-known visual analogue scale (VAS). In this study, we validated VAS for satisfaction. PATIENT AND METHODS: In th...

The population of Japan is aging rapidly, and maintaining the quality of life of elderly people has become an important issue in contemporary Japan. This study was conducted to verify the validity of the self-administered visual analogue scale (VAS) for assessing the health status of elderly people. A survey was conducted in two villages in western Japan in 2003. A total of 2040 participants, a...