An investigation of language used by children to describe discomfort expected and experienced during dental treatment

Abstract

The results suggest that a list of adjectives provides the most discriminating measure of discomfort. They also show that it is necessary to take into account children's linguistic development to evaluate their estimates of pain so as not to entertain the belief of many clinicians that children exaggerate such reports.

Patient Expectations, Acceptance and Preferences in Treatment with Orthodontic Mini-implants

“…By using a less threatening term, it was hoped to minimize patient apprehension. This change in terminology has also been discussed in previous studies [18].…”

“…Durch eine "abgeschwächte Begriffsnutzung" sollte bei den Patienten die Angst reduziert werden. Diese Begriffsänderung wurde bereits in Studien diskutiert [18].…”

“…There are three scales in this context which have been tried and tested and proven to be reliable and suitable: the visual analogue scale (VAS), the numerical rating scale (NRS) and the verbal rating scale (VRS). The VRS is mostly used to assess pain quality, while the NRS is applied to measure pain intensity [1,18,27,28,31,46]. Both scales reveal a discrete form of categorization.…”

“…In diesem Zusammenhang gibt es drei Skalen, die sich bewährt haben und zuverlässig sowie geeignet sind: Die visuelle Analogskala ("Visual Analog Scale", VAS), die numerische Werteskala ("Numerical Rating Scale", NRS) sowie die verbale Werteskala ("Verbal Rating Scale", VRS). Die verbale Werteskala wird meistens zur Beurteilung der Schmerzqualität genutzt, während die numerische Werteskala bei der Messung der Schmerzintensität genutzt wird [1,18,28,31,46]. Bei beiden Skalen handelt es sich um eine diskrete Form der Kategorisierung.…”

Expectations, acceptance and preferences of patients in treatment with orthodontic mini-implants

“…By using this euphemism we aimed to reduce patient anxiety. This phenomenon has been discussed in the literature [20].…”