A comparison of three self-report pain scales in adults with acute pain

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-18

  Bahreini, Maryam ^a   Jalili, Mohammad ^a   Moradi Lakeh, Maziar ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute pain pain; Analog Scale; Assessment emergency; Department; Numeric Rating; Scale Color; Visual Analog Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COLOR ANALOG SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; VERBALLY ADMINISTERED NUMERIC RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACUTE PAIN; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919872974     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.07.039     Document Type: Article

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