Elsevier

The Lancet

Volume 304, Issue 7889, 9 November 1974, Pages 1127-1131
The Lancet

Occasional Survey
MEASUREMENT OF PAIN

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Abstract

Of the various methods for measuring pain the visual analogue scale seems to be the most sensitive. For assessing response to treatment a pain-relief scale has advantages over a pain scale. Pain cannot be said to have been relieved unless pain or pain relief has been directly measured.

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