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...

100% and pansinusitis. They needed antibiotic scheme. At 2 years in 83.3% had a VAS.7. At 58.3% had pansinusitis. The bronchial relapse did not increase. We determined the presence of VAS. 7 and pansinusitis (OR 1⁄4 4). The bronchial relapse did not influence with increasing VAS (OR 1⁄4 1). Conclusions: Nasal symptoms persistent were secondary to the nasal polyps and pansinusitis with higher le...

BACKGROUND The PedsQL Present Functioning Visual Analogue Scales (PedsQL VAS) were designed as an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) instrument to rapidly measure present or at-the-moment functioning in children and adolescents. The PedsQL VAS assess child self-report and parent-proxy report of anxiety, sadness, anger, worry, fatigue, and pain utilizing six developmentally appropriate visual...

This paper investigates whether there is a correlation between a poor Visual Attention Span (VAS) and the child’s optometric status. Convergence excess impacts most upon a male achieving a VAS-3 more than 75 per cent of the time. Fifty per cent of females with eye-teaming problems are unlikely to achieve a VAS-3 more than 25 per cent of the time. Overall children with an optometric diagnosis we...

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 Ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) originating from the left ventricular summit is a challenge for radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA). The present study aimed to investigate the appropriate RFCA strategy for VAs originating from the left ventricular summit. METHODS Forty-five consecutive patients with VAs arising from the left ventricular summit were successfully ablated at our car...

Background Patients' satisfaction is the key parameter to measure the quality of healthcare services. Value added-services (VAS) were introduced to improve the quality of medication deliveries and to reduce the waiting time at outpatient pharmacy. Objective This study aimed to compare the satisfaction levels of patients receiving VAS and traditional counter service (TCS) for prescription refi...