Lack of interchangeability between visual analogue and verbal rating pain scales: A cross sectional description of pain etiology groups

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lund, Iréne ^a   Lundeberg, Thomas ^b,c   Sandberg, Louise ^b   Budh, Cecilia Norrbrink ^c   Kowalski, Jan ^a   Svensson, Elisabeth ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 27744501662     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-5-31     Document Type: Article

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