Pain measurement: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Verbal Rating Scale (VRS) in clinical trials with OTC analgesics in headache

Aicher, Bernhard; Peil, Hubertus; Peil, Barbara; Diener, H.C.

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“…Considering that the study sample was recruited from a school-based setting, and that headaches were the most commonly reported pain (88.5%), the overall presence of pain could be categorized as severe, with a mean pain intensity score of 5.4 (VAS) [52]. However, epidemiological studies have reported similar mean pain intensity scores ranging from 4.5 to 5.6 [2,8].…”

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Health-related quality of life in adolescents with persistent pain and the mediating role of self-efficacy: a cross-sectional study

Grasaas

Helseth

Fegran

et al. 2020

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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Background: Persistent pain has a high prevalence among adolescents. Pain has been shown to reduce all aspects of the adolescent's health-related quality of life (HRQOL). In adult patients with pain, self-efficacy has been shown to mediate the relationship between pain intensity, disability and depression. However, little is known about whether self-efficacy acts as a mediating variable in the relationship between persistent pain and HRQOL sub-scale scores in a school-based population of adolescents. Objectives: To describe the experience of pain, HRQOL and self-efficacy, and to explore the association between pain intensity, general self-efficacy and HRQOL in adolescents with persistent pain by testing self-efficacy as a possible mediator. Methods: The study participants were 78 adolescents with persistent pain, aged 16-19 years, who were recruited from five high schools in southern Norway. All participants completed an electronic survey consisting of the Lubeck Pain Questionnaire, which included a visual analogue scale (VAS) measuring pain intensity, the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) and the KIDSCREEN-52 Questionnaire measuring HRQOL. Statistical analyses were conducted using the PROCESS macro for SPSS developed by Andrew Hayes.Results: All participants reported pain in multiple locations, of which the head was most common (88.5%). Mean (SD) pain intensity score of the participants was 5.4 (1.8). The study sample had poor HRQOL, with mean (SD) scores for several sub-scales ranging from 45.2 (21.0) to 91.0 (13.3) on a 0-100 scale. The associations between pain intensity and the HRQOL sub-scales of physical well-being, psychological well-being, mood, self-perception, autonomy and school environment were mediated by self-efficacy. The highest degree of mediation and, thus, the largest indirect effect was estimated for the HRQOL sub-scale physical well-being (67.2%). Conclusions:This school-based sample of adolescents with persistent pain had impaired HRQOL. Up to 67% of the reduction in the HRQOL sub-scale scores for physical well-being, psychological well-being, mood, self-perception, autonomy and school environment could be explained by the mediating variable self-efficacy. Thus, future painmanagement interventions that aim to increase HRQOL in school-based populations of adolescents with persistent pain should consider promoting self-efficacy and providing more targeted interventions.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT03551977.

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confidence: 99%

Health-related quality of life in adolescents with persistent pain and the mediating role of self-efficacy: a cross-sectional study

Grasaas

Helseth

Fegran

et al. 2020

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“…The intensity of the headache was estimated by the 6-stage (1-6) verbal rating scale, and verbal rating scale stage of 4 or over was defined as severe headache. 11 Duration of symptoms before MR imaging ranged from 2 days to 9 months. Three patients with SIH were only treated supportively (strict bed rest) for 2 weeks after admission.…”

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Sex‐ and Age‐Related Differences in the Clinical and Neuroimaging Characteristics of Patients With Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: A Records Review

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“…Pain quantification was done using the visual analog scale (VAS). The VAS is a reliable and validated nonverbal rating scale used for assessing the pain and disability (26)(27)(28). This scale ranges from "0" being "no pain at all" to "10" being "the worst pain imaginable. "…”

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Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI): Modulation of Cortical Connectivity With Therapeutic SCS

Deogaonkar

Sharma

Oluigbo

et al. 2016

Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface

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Pain measurement: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Verbal Rating Scale (VRS) in clinical trials with OTC analgesics in headache

Cited by 33 publications

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Health-related quality of life in adolescents with persistent pain and the mediating role of self-efficacy: a cross-sectional study

Health-related quality of life in adolescents with persistent pain and the mediating role of self-efficacy: a cross-sectional study

Sex‐ and Age‐Related Differences in the Clinical and Neuroimaging Characteristics of Patients With Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: A Records Review

Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI): Modulation of Cortical Connectivity With Therapeutic SCS

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