The visual analog scale in the immediate postoperative. Visual analogue scales vas are 10cm lines anchored at the ends by words that define the bounds of various pain dimensions. The visual analog scale vas is a 10 cm line with anchor statements on the left no pain and on the right extreme pain. Vas vizhual analawg skal a graphic scale that helps a patient to quantify pain, depression, and other subjective and otherwise unmeasurable states or conditions. Visual analog scale an overview sciencedirect topics. Pdf comparison of visual analogue scale and faces rating. The patient is asked to mark their current pain level on the line.
The patient is asked to place a vertical mark on the scale to indicate the level of intensity of his or her pain, anxiety, depression, etc. Visual analogue selfesteem scale vases permission to reproduce a copy of the scale was not obtainable because does not allow the full scale to be reproduced. Best practices for the electronic implementation of. Reproducibility along a 10 cm vertical visual analogue scale. Please mark on the line below how much pain you have had from your worst arm, on average, over the past week. Accuracy of subjective measurements made with or without previous scores. They can also be asked to mark their maximum, minimum, and average pain. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version.
Please mark on the line below how much pain you have had from your neck, on average, over the past week. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 96k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Option 1 doublesided print or photocopy the next 2 diagrams ensuring that the lines are exactly 10 cm in length and superimposed laminate the vas bedside card for patient use please note. For purposes of doublesided print, the numbers on this scale are reversed. Visual analogue scale definition of visual analogue. The graphs for repeatability of vas scores at the beginning vas a and end vas b of each assessment are shown in figure 2. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 287k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. It consists of a line, approximately 1015 cm in length, with the left side signifying no pain with a smiling face image and the right side signifying the worst pain ever with a frowning face image. Visual analogue scale vas instructions for producing a vas bedside card. Reproducibility, power and validity of visual analogue scales in assessment of appetite sensations in single test meal studies skip to. As part of a naval aerospace medical research laboratory namrl. The visual analogue scale vas is a scale used to determine the pain intensity experienced by individuals. The visual analogue scale vas and ordered categorical scales, i.
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