A continuous visual analog scale has a high degree of sensitivity and discriminating capacity that detects smaller symptom changes in dry eye syndrome, according to a review by Charles W.

Once learned this technique can be used in a flexible way for many different purposes. The technique maintains communication with patients when their mouths are full of instruments. Enhances the ...

(HealthDay)—A visual analogue scale (VAS) score is valid for assessing anxiety among children during induction of anesthesia, according to a study published online July 14 in Pediatric Anesthesia.

Visual analog scales can vary in appearance. Some are simple lines with “no pain” at one end and “severe pain” at the other. People mark a point between those extremes to demonstrate how ...

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They also recorded the number and duration of pain episodes and the intensity of pain with the use of a 100-mm visual-analogue scale; they also recorded the number and duration of pain episodes.