We’ve all stepped on an old, analog scale and insisted the number was wrong—it must be the scale! But is buying an expensive, new digital scale with all its extra features any more accurate? For the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A continuous visual analog scale has a high degree of sensitivity and discriminating capacity that detects ...

Once learned this technique can be used in a flexible way for many different purposes. The technique maintains communication with patients when their mouths are full of instruments. Enhances the ...

Visual analogue scales (VAS) have been used in the clinical setting to assess subjective sensations such as pain (Jamison et al., 2001) and quality of life (Nishiyama et al., 2000), and are used ...

This study was conducted in the ED of Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta's public hospital and only level I trauma center. Grady's ED manages over 100,000 patient visits annually. English-speaking ...

Vanderbilt Head and Neck Symptom Survey Version 2.0 (VHNSS 2.0): A tool for the study of long-term oral health consequences of therapy for head and neck cancer (HNC). Background: CG provide clinicians ...

Background: The aim of this study was to develop and psychometrically test a short, patient-reported questionnaire to be used in clinical practice for patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The ...