Pain measurement: A comparison using horizontal and vertical visual analogue scales

Stephenson, Nancy; Herman, JoAnne

doi:10.1053/apnr.2000.7658

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“…Interestingly, other reports suggest that vertical measurements are more accurate than horizontal scales. For example, the vertical VAS version of the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire was found to correlate more strongly with present pain intensity than the horizontal VAS version [11]. Our study supports these findings because the EQ-VAS demonstrated higher correlations with other health-related quality of life scales and disease-specific measures than the PG-VAS, suggesting that the EQ-VAS appears to be a better form of VAS than the PG-VAS.…”

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“…A major recommendation of the recent meeting of OMERACT was that if the PG-VAS and EQ-VAS are indeed interchangeable, only one of the measures need be collected [7]. However, evidence from the studies of pain suggests that, although most assessments of pain use horizontal scales, some patients relate better to a vertical scale [9][10][11]. Others have reported that VAS provides comparable results regardless of their geometry [12].…”

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“…This method involves the assignment of a score ranging from 0 (complete absence of pain) to 10 (very intense/unbearable pain) [32][33][34][35][36].…”

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A study on the efficacy of treatment with mud packs and baths with Sillene mineral water (Chianciano Spa Italy) in patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis

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Mud-bath therapy plays a primary role in the treatment and prevention of osteoarthritis that has been recognised since antiquity. Numerous studies have demonstrated its clinical benefits and its effects on inflammatory mediators (interleukins), the immune system, cenesthesic factors (endorphins), and the diencephalic–pituitary–adrenal axis. This study was conducted to assess the efficacy of mud-bath therapy with mineral water from the Sillene Spring at Italy’s Chianciano Spa in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Patients (n = 61) were divided into two groups. Group A underwent three cycles of mud-based spa therapy over a year’s time, whereas group B did not. Clinical conditions, visual analogue scale pain ratings, and Lequesne indexes of the two groups were compared. We also compared these same parameters in the patients of the two groups that were following the therapy with drugs and in the patients of the group A before and after spa treatment. The percentage of patients with no symptoms or mild symptoms was higher in group A than in group B. Within group A, this percentage was higher after treatment than before spa therapy. Even in the comparison between the patients of the two groups that were following the therapy with drug, the results was that in group A the percentage of patients with no symptoms or mild symptoms was higher than in group B. Statistical analyses based on various tests revealed that almost all these differences were highly significant. No adverse effects were observed in any of the patients in group A. In conclusion, the mud-bath therapy performed at Chianciano Spa with Sillene Spring water remarkably improved the clinical conditions of patients with knee arthritis and significantly reduces the frequency and severity of symptoms and the disability they cause.

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“…The subjects were asked to mark the intensity of the pain which they felt during the activity on a line divided into ten (20,30). disability measurement.…”

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Use of tape measure in people with or without back pain in assessment of reposition error

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Genç²,

Yildirim³

et al. 2011

Turkish Neurosurgery

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AIm: Examining lumbar repositioning error (RE) using a tape measure in nonspecific low back pain (NLBP) and control groups and determining whether RE is different in subjects with nonspecific back pain than in controlled subjects. mAterIAl and methOds:The study was totally applied to 36 subjects of whom 18 were healthy subjects and 18 were NLBP patients. The ability of the subjects to take the targeted positions was assessed. In subjects with NLBP the evaluation of the pain was assessed by using Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and disability measurement was made using Oswestry Disability Index (ODI).results: RE was found in all the measurements except for lumbar flexion with eyes open(p=0.15) in control group (p<0.05). There were RE for all the measurements in NLBP grpup (p<0.05). When RE of two groups compared only lumbar flexion with eyes open measurement (p = 0.04) in NLBP group was higher then control group.COnClusIOn: As a result of our study, it has been seen that RE measurement of the lumbar spine with tape measure, which is cheap and clinically practical, is a reliable method, and can be used in the assessment of NLBP patients and in the determination of the rehabilitation program.KeywOrds: Low back pain, Reposition error, Posture, Range of motion ÖZ AmAÇ: Şerit mezura kullanarak nonspecific low back pain (NLBP)' li hastalarda sağlıklı kişilere göre repozisyon hatalarının olup olmadığını incelemektir. yÖntem ve GereÇ: Çalışmaya 18'i sağlıklı, 18'i NLBP'li olmak üzere 36 kişi alındı. Kişilerin hedef pozisyonu alabilmeleri değerlendirildi. NLBP hastalarda ağrı görsel analog skalasıyla ve özürlülük ölçümleri Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) ile yapıldı.BulGulAr: NLBP'li grupta tüm değerlendirme parametrelerinde repozisyon hatası bulunurken (p<0.05), kontrol grubunda gözler açık lumbar flexion değerlendirmesi (p=0.15) dışındaki tüm ölçümlerde repozisyon hatası vardı (p<0.05). İki grubun repozisyon hatası ölçümleri karşılılaştırıldığında sadece gözler açık olarak yapılan lumbar flexion ölçümünde fark saptandı (p=0.04). Repozisyon ağrı ve özürlülük düzeyleri arasında anlamlı koresyon bulunmadı (p>0.05).sOnuÇ: Lomber spinanın repozisyon ölçümünde şerit mezura kullanımı ucuz olup, klinik olarak pratik ve güvenilir bir metotdur. NLBP 'li hastaların değerlendirmesinde kullanılacak güvenilir bir metoddur.

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Pain measurement: A comparison using horizontal and vertical visual analogue scales

Cited by 47 publications

References 8 publications

Same question, different answers: a comparison of global health assessments using visual analogue scales

Same question, different answers: a comparison of global health assessments using visual analogue scales

A study on the efficacy of treatment with mud packs and baths with Sillene mineral water (Chianciano Spa Italy) in patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis

Use of tape measure in people with or without back pain in assessment of reposition error

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