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Grading of pain and anxiety
Author(s) -
BHACHU H. S.,
KAY B.,
HEALY T. E. J.,
BEATTY P.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1983.tb12254.x
Subject(s) - medicine , visual analogue scale , anxiety , grading (engineering) , grading scale , physical therapy , anesthesia , surgery , psychiatry , civil engineering , engineering
Summary Comparison of a linear analogue scale on paper and a computerised audiovisual analogue scale presented on a visual display unit is described. Pain was assessed postoperatively in 109 patients and anxiety pre‐operatively in 146 patients. Results show a strong correlation between gradings obtained using the two methods, indicating the computerised method is as reliable as the conventional one.