Representation of verbal pain descriptors on a visual analogue scale by dental patients and dental students

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-212

  Tammaro, Stefano ^a   Berggren, Ulf ^a   Bergenholtz, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental fear; Dentin hypersensitivity; Pain measurement; Verbal rating scale; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENTS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TERMINOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031156503     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1997.tb00202.x     Document Type: Article

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