Can Patients Accurately Read a Visual Analog Pain Scale?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 515-519

  Salo, David ^a   Eget, Donna ^a   Lavery, Robert F ^b   Garner, Leon ^a   Bernstein, Steven ^a   Tandon, Kirti ^c  

^a NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Pain; Patient use; VAS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0345600024     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2003.08.022     Document Type: Article

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