Background The parents of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are traditionally asked to provide a global assessment of disease status by rating the child's overall level of well-being (WB) on a 10-cm visual analogue scale (VAS). However, it has been advised that this measure does not provide a precise assessment of DA because it is largely affected by the presence of disease dama...

Aim: This study aimed to compare the three dyspnea scales (Likert, VAS, and NRS) in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) emergency department (ED). 
 Materials Methods: enrolled 114 prospectively diagnosed AHF ED. We assessed for severity at admission 4th hour. used Likert scale, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Numerical Rating (NRS).
 Results: Sixty-five were women. The mean age of w...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: OA: Osteoarthritis; TKA: Total Knee Arthroplasty; KOA: Knee Osteoarthritis; WOMAC: Western Ontario Master Universities; KOOS: Knee Injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score; KSS: Knee Society Score; OKS: Oxford Knee Score; VAS: Visual Analogue Scale; CPM: Continuous Passive Motion; NMES: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation; ROM: Range of M...

In this paper, results from a perception experiment on perceived prosodic boundary strength in spontaneous speech are presented. The analysis of the listeners’ responses reveals a good agreement in rating the strength of prosodic phrase boundaries on a visual analogue scale (VAS), and a strong correlation between perceived boundary strength and pause duration.

introduction : post endodontic pain is often linked to the inflammatory process as well as additional central mechanisms. the purpose of the present double-blind randomized clinical trial study was to compare the prophylactic effects of a derivative of zingiber officinale , zintoma , and ibuprofen on post endodontic pain of molars with irreversible pulpitis. materials and methods: the post endo...

Background Many pediatric rheumatic diseases persist into adulthood, with negative squeal from the disease or its treatment. We aimed to assess health related quality of life in a group of children with rheumatic diseases and its relation to disease activity and functional disability.  Materials and Methods Fifty one patients were divided into three groups: Group 1 includes 27 patients diagnose...

INTRODUCTION Depression occupies a substantial part of medical visit attendance. However, medical practitioners have very little time so that a brief, quick and reliable procedure to evaluate the intensity of symptoms and their changes could be useful. Our objective has been to analyze the reliability of a self-applied Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) to measure symptom intensity in depressed patien...