Comparing Quantification of Pain Severity by Verbal Rating and Numeric Rating Scales
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Correspondence of verbal descriptor and numeric rating scales for pain intensity: an item response theory calibration.
BACKGROUND Assessing pain intensity in older adults is critical and challenging. There is debate about the most effective way to ask older adults to describe their pain severity, and clinicians vary in their preferred approaches, making comparison of pain intensity scores across settings difficult. METHODS A total of 3,676 residents from 71 community nursing homes across eight states were ask...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1079-0268,2045-7723
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2010.11689700