What does VAS stand for?

Visual Analogue Scale

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Knee pain was evaluated using a visual analogue scale, additional acetaminophen usage, and the presence of meniscal extrusion and Baker's cyst.

Nutraceuticals World: serving the dietary supplement, functional food ...

1) is available in 5-point Likert, 11-point numerical rating, and 100 mm visual analogue scale formats.

Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)

The depressed and nondepressed patients were similar in terms of age, employment status, disability status, and pain intensity on a visual analogue scale.

Don't miss the depression in fibromyalgia

In addition to the SF-36, a visual analogue scale (0-5) was used to gather socio-demographic and health data (physical health and renal transplant and haemodialysis information expectation levels) using a 10-item multiple-choice questionnaire, which was constructed for this study (Matas et al.

Comparison of quality of life between haemodialysis and renal ...

Results of the study showed those using nabilone had significant reductions in pain and anxiety, measured by comparisons with baseline scores on the visual analogue scale for pain, the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) and the FIQ anxiety score.

Fibromyalgia eased by synthetic marijuana

Women were asked to rate their pain using a visual analogue scale (VAS) on four occasions: before they had the injection; 10 minutes, 45 minutes and 90 minutes after the injection.

Sterile water injections for back pain in labour

PRIMARY EFFICACY CRITERIA: (a) Pain on walking one or two steps, as defined by the patient on a visual analogue scale.

A double blind, randomised, parallel group study on the efficacy and ...

Using visual analogue scale scores, significant improvements in year 1 occurred in patients who had learned self-hypnosis: pollinosis symptoms -29.

Asthma/allergic rhinitis and hypnosis