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Reliability and validity of a vertical numerical rating scale supplemented with a faces rating scale in measuring fatigue after stroke
... Measuring fatigue remains an ongoing challenge for clinical trials of fatigue management in stroke, because no gold standard measure is available for poststroke fa- tigue [3, 14–16]. Poststroke fatigue has been viewed as ...
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Performance Evaluation of Intermediate Public Transport by Benchmarking and Numerical Rating Approach
... The benchmarking and the numerical rating methods together evaluate the gaps in performance of IPT from all perspectives. The IPT system may be regularized and may be operated zone wise for its better ...
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Transformation of 5-D itch scale and numerical rating scale in chronic hemodialysis patients
... Multidimensional scales not only access pruritus intensity but measure the impact of pruritus on patients ’ quality of life. Commonly used multidimensional scales include the pruritus grading system [9], the 5-D itch ...
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Test–retest reliability, validity, and minimum detectable change of visual analog, numerical rating, and verbal rating scales for measurement of osteoarthritic knee pain
... Objective: Several scales are commonly used for assessing pain intensity. Among them, the numerical rating scale (NRS), visual analog scale (VAS), and verbal rating scale (VRS) are often used in ...
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Results of a feasibility randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Toolkit for Optimal Recovery (TOR): a live video program to prevent chronic pain in at-risk adults with orthopedic injuries
... CES-D: The Center for Epidemiologic Study of Depression; NRS: Numerical rating scale; NSAIDs: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; PASS: Pain Anxiety Symptom Scale; PCS: Pain Catastroph[r] ...
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<p>Impact of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on sleep in chronic low back pain: a real-world retrospective cohort study</p>
... Methods: This retrospective cohort study evaluated TENS for CLBP over 10 weeks. The source database included demographics, pain characteristics, pain intensity and interference on an 11-point numerical ...
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Pain assessment using the NIH Toolbox
... 10 numerical rating scale was recommended for measuring pain intensity, and a 6-item Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) short form for measuring pain ...
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Design an Appropriate Mining Method for Extraction of Ore between 330ml and 400ml at Baluba East Upper T-Block
... The Mining Method Selection tool (MMST) is based on Nicolas system (1981) but in addition to numerical rating of different parameters subjects the feasible mining methods to environme[r] ...
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Assessment of the face validity of two pain scales in Kenya: a validation study using cognitive interviewing
... graphic rating scale (GRS), the numerical rating scale (NRS), and the verbal rating scale ...the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) (Figure 1) has been found to have the highest ...
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How to choose between measures of tinnitus loudness for clinical research?: a report on the reliability and validity of an investigator administered test and a patient reported measure using baseline data collected in a phase IIa drug trial
... Tinnitus has auditory, psychological and social dimensions. Psychoacoustic testing of tinnitus by otologists and audiologists typically includes tinnitus loudness and pitch matching, minimum masking levels, and residual ...
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Strategies for Managing Chronic Pain: Case of a Skilled Orthopaedic Physician and Mini Review
... pain: numerical rating scale (NRS) for pain severity, the Pain Disability Assessment Scale (PDAS) for the degree of the impact of pain- related disabilities on lifestyle [8] [9], the Hospital Anxiety and ...
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... The patients were analysed for the symptom burning and sign erythema and ulceration using the numerical rating score and Modified Oral Mucositis Index MOMI for a period of three months o[r] ...
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Objective: To create a new quality of life (QOL) questionnaire specifically for temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients. Materials and Methods: From April 2016 to March 2017, individuals undergoing initial examinations or treatment for TMD at our dental hospital
... the numerical rating scale (NRS; to assess pain) and with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS; to assess TMD-related psychosocial and functional disturbances) was evaluated using correlation ...
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Correlations between inflammatory cytokines, muscle damage markers and acute postoperative pain following primary total knee arthroplasty
... Methods: Patients scheduled for unilateral primary TKA were consecutively included, the serial changes of the numerical rating scale NRS at rest NRSR and at walking NRSW, serum inflammat[r] ...
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Sedation in the post-anaesthesia care unit
... The patients evaluated their qual ity of sleep and the worst intensity of pain experienced in PACU, which was assessed using the Numerical Rating Scale.. Nurses evaluated sedation usi[r] ...
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Original Article Comparison of postoperative recovery and efficacy between percutaneous coblation nucleoplasty and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for cervical disc herniation
... of Numerical Rating Score (NRS) scores and Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) scores, hospitalization expense and operation time were observed and analyzed at the point of before surgery and 1 day, 30 ...
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Evidence and consensus recommendations for the pharmacological management of pain in India
... administer by caregivers Abbreviations: BPI, Brief Pain Inventory; LANSS, Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs; MPQ, McGill Pain Questionnaire; NRS, Numerical Rating Scale[r] ...
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Efficacy of the anti–IL-6 receptor antibody tocilizumab in neuromyelitis opticaA pilot study
... (table), gradually lessened after the patients started TCZ. Consequently, the numerical rating scale for pain reduced from 3.0 6 1.5 upon study entry to 1.3 6 1.3 after 6 months and 0.9 6 1.2 after 12 ...
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Comparison of numerical and verbal rating scales to measure pain exacerbations in patients with chronic cancer pain
... (VAS), numerical rating scales (NRS), and verbal rating scales (VRS) proved to be reli- able and valid, but no one of them consistently showed to be superior to the others ...
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A famciclovir + celecoxib combination treatment is safe and efficacious in the treatment of fibromyalgia
... Female or male patients, 18–70 years of age, who met the 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Prelimi- nary Diagnostic Criteria for FM were eligible for inclusion. Patients were required to have a 24-hour recall ...
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