Abstract Background and aims The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is a popular tool for the
measurement of pain. A variety of statistical methods are employed for its analysis as an …

Aims and objectives. This review aims to explore the research available relating to three
commonly used pain rating scales, the Visual Analogue Scale, the Verbal Rating Scale and …

Objective—To determine whether minimum clinically significant difference in visual
analogue scale (VAS) pain score varies according to the severity of pain reported. Method …

The advent of managed care, reduction of costs, and advances in medical technology place
increasing demands on anesthesiologists. Preoperative anxiety may go unnoticed in an …

Objectives To design microneedles that minimize pain, this study tested the hypothesis that
microneedles cause significantly less pain than a 26-gauge hypodermic needle, and that …

Objectives: To determine the minimum clinically significant difference in visual analog scale
(VAS) pain scores for acute pain in the ED setting and to determine whether this difference …

Background Transradial access is a recently developed alternative for diagnostic cardiac
catheterization. Its effects on quality of life after the procedure, patient preference, and cost …

Human skin is innervated with different tactile afferents, which are found at varying densities
over the body. We investigate how the relationships between tactile pleasantness, sensitivity …

Assumptions of reliability and consistency of self-report of pain by patients using visual
analogue scales (VAS) and numerical rating scales (NRS) are based on narrow …

The visual analog scale (VAS) is a tool widely used to measure pain, yet controversy
surrounds whether the VAS score is ratio or ordinal data. We studied 52 postoperative …