| Reliability of Visual Analog Scale in Assessment of Acute Pain |
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Choi, Ja-Yun; |
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Dept. of Nursing, Mok-po Catholic University |
| 시각적 상사 척도의 신뢰도 검사 -급성 통증 측정- |
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최자윤 |
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목포가톨릭대학교 간호학과 |
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| Abstract |
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The purpose of this study was to test the reliability of visual analog scale in assessing the degree of acute pain related to blood sugar test. A sample of 113 subjects is composed of 56 DM patients and 57 their family who are admitted in a ward of medical part of C university hospital in Gwangju. Data are collected from July, 2001 to December, 2001. The degree of pain is twice measured in a week interval. Correlations were moderate between times in DM patients group and healty group. In both measures, correlations were high between VAS score and the score of color pain circle measurement tool. Visual analog scale is methodologically sound instrument for assessment of acute pain. Further study will be needed to evaluate the correlation with physiology measurement. |
| Key Words:
Pain measurement, Reproducibility of results |
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