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Visual Analog Scale for Pain

The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is a 10-centimeter line for measuring pain intensity, developed by Huskisson in 1974. Patients mark their current pain level along the continuum from no pain to worst pain imaginable. It remains one of the most widely used single-item pain measures in clinical practice and research.

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Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for Pain Intensity Assessment
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / clinical-assessment
  • Huskisson, E. C. (1974). Measurement of pain. Lancet, 2(7889), 1127-1131. · DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(74)90884-8
  • Price, D. D., McGrath, P. A., Rafii, A., & Buckingham, B. (1983). The validation of visual analogue scales as ratio scale measures for chronic and experimental pain. Pain, 17(1), 45-56. · DOI 10.1016/0304-3959(83)90126-4
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Taxonomic bucketGlasgow Coma Scalemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyNumeric Rating Scale for Painmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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