Reliability and validity of the visual analogue scale for disability in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Boonstra ◽  
Henrica R. Schiphorst Preuper ◽  
Michiel F. Reneman ◽  
Jitze B. Posthumus ◽  
Roy E. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analogue Scale ◽  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Cut-off points for mild, moderate, and severe pain on the visual analogue scale for pain in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain

Pain ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 155 (12) ◽  
pp. 2545-2550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Boonstra ◽  
Henrica R. Schiphorst Preuper ◽  
Gerlof A. Balk ◽  
Roy E. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analogue Scale ◽  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Severe Pain ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

scholarly journals A Sebészeti Beavatkozástól Való Félelem Kérdőív magyar nyelvű változatának reliabilitás- és validitásvizsgálata sebészeti beavatkozáson átesett páciensek körében

2018 ◽  
Vol 159 (47) ◽  
pp. 1988-1993
Author(s):  
Victoria Wittmann ◽  
Márta Csabai ◽  
Gergely Drótos ◽  
György Lázár
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analogue Scale ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Substantial Effect ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
Excellent Internal Consistency ◽  
Psychometric Tool ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Hungarian Version

Abstract: Introduction: Interdisciplinary studies confirm that surgical fear experienced by patients can have a substantial effect on the outcome of the surgery and the healing process after surgery. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Hungarian version of the Surgical Fear Questionnaire in cancer patients. Method: 149 patients were assessed using the Spielberger Anxiety Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Visual Analogue Scale and the Surgical Fear Questionnaire. Results: The scale showed excellent internal consistency (Cronbach-alfa = 0.878; 0.885). The Surgical Fear Questionnaire scores moderately correlated with anxiety, depression and anticipated pain after surgery. Conclusion: The reliability and validity of the Hungarian version of the Surgical Fear Questionnaire in the sample were excellent. The questionnaire turned out to be a useful psychometric tool in the measurement of surgical fear. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(47): 1988–1993.

scholarly journals Reliability and validity of the Finnish version of the Visual Analogue Scale Foot and Ankle (VAS-FA)

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 474-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jussi P. Repo ◽  
Erkki J. Tukiainen ◽  
Risto P. Roine ◽  
Hannu Kautiainen ◽  
Jan Lindahl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analogue Scale ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Foot And Ankle

scholarly journals Pain in the Emergency Department with One-Week Follow-Up of Pain Resolution

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Celeste Johnston ◽  
Anita J Gagnon ◽  
Carolyn J Pepler ◽  
Patricia Bourgault
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Visual Analogue Scale ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Post Discharge ◽  
Residual Pain ◽  
Normal Functions

OBJECTIVES: To determine the intensity of pain in the emergency department (ED), the use of analgesics in relation to pain intensity, which patients are at risk for unresolved pain at one week post-discharge, and the postdischarge treatment of pain.METHODS: Patients (n=871) admitted to two urban, university-affiliated EDs who were experiencing any pain were recruited on different shifts over the summer months of 1997. Pain intensity was self-reported, and chart reviews of the assessment, immediate treatment and follow-up prescriptions were conducted. Patients (n=699) were contacted one week later, and reports of pain intensity, activity, resuming normal functions and patient attitudes toward pain were documented. Descriptive and regression analyses were performed on the results of patients with complete data (n=585).RESULTS: Mean pain intensity on admission was 6.0 (SD=2.5) on a zero to 10 visual analogue scale, and 5.0 (SD=2.9) at discharge (n=871). One-quarter (23%) of patients were given analgesics while in the ED; their mean pain intensity was 7.0 (95% CI 6.7 to 7.3) versus 5.7 (95% CI 5.5 to 5.9) for those who were not given analgesics (P<0.001). At one week, the mean intensity for worst pain in the past 24 h was 5.2 (SD=2.9) and the usual pain intensity was 3.7 (SD=2.6). Using a cutoff point of pain greater than three on the zero to 10 visual analogue scale as residual pain at one week, 35% (n=207) remained in pain, with musculoskeletal pain accounting for half (n=102) of those cases. Logistic regression showed that the following patients were most likely to have pain at one week: women; those with pain present longer than 48 h before ED visit; those with a high discharge pain rating; those who were taking analgesics; and those who had pain of musculoskeletal origin. Both the attitudes and beliefs about pain and the treatment of pain while in the ED or on discharge were unrelated to the presence of residual pain at one week. An examination of the same factors in relation to the return to normal activities found that they were similar, with the exception that admission and not discharge pain intensity was predictive of not returning to normal activities.CONCLUSIONS: More than one-third of patients presenting to the ED with pain do not experience resolution of their pain. Women presenting with severe musculoskeletal pain of more than a week in duration are less likely to have resolution of their pain and to return to normal activities within a week of the ED visit.

Reliability and validity of the pain observation scale for young children and the visual analogue scale in children with burns

Burns ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.E.E. de Jong ◽  
M. Bremer ◽  
M. Schouten ◽  
W.E. Tuinebreijer ◽  
A.W. Faber
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analogue Scale ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Observation Scale

scholarly journals Assessment of reliability and validity of the mental chronometry task based on the box and block test in multiple sclerosis patients

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Visual Analogue Scale ◽  
Motor Imagery ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Mental Chronometry ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis Patients ◽  
Block Test ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Objectives: Motor imagery (MI) is the visualization of action without its overt performance. One of the measures of explicit MI is mental chronometry which has been applied to multiple sclerosis (MS) patients; nonetheless, the reliability and validity of this tool has been never confirmed. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of mental chronometry in MS patients. Methods: A number of 60 MS patients who met the inclusion criteria were included in the present study via the census method. Thereafter, 20 MS patients were tested via mental chronometry based on the box and block test, as well as kinesthetic and visual imagery questionnaire-20 (KVIQ-20) in two sessions with a 10-day interval. Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs) were calculated to determine the test-retest reliability of mental chronometry. Pearson’s correlation analysis was used to evaluate criterion validity with the KVIQ-20. Results: The test-retest reliability for the mental chronometry was good (ICCs: visual analogue scale=0.88, mean execution and motor imagery absolute difference= 0.75, imagery duration=0.91, and execution duration=0.97). Moreover, the concurrent validity between the visual analogue scale of mental chronometry and KVIQ-20 was good. Conclusion: As evidenced by the results of the present study, the mental chronometry based on box and block is a reliable and valid tool for the assessment of motor imagery in MS patients.

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