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Comparison of Numerical and Verbal Rating Scales to Measure Pain Exacerbations in Patients with Chronic Cancer Pain
Our results suggest that in the measurement of cancer pain exacerbations ... (VRS): Verbal Rating Scales; (BP-EP): Breakthrough or intense Episodic Pain; (CI): Confidence Interval.
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Palliative Care and the Management of Common Distressing Symptoms in Advanced Cancer: Pain, Breathlessness, Nausea and Vomiting, and Fatigue
1 This article provides a summary of symptom assessment tools and reviews the management of four common and distressing symptoms frequently experienced by patients with advanced cancer: pain, ...
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Comparison of Numerical and Verbal Rating Scales to Measure Pain Exacerbations in Patients with Chronic Cancer Pain
Numerical rating scales (NRS), and verbal rating scales (VRS) showed to be reliable and valid tools for subjective cancer pain measurement, but no one of them consistently proved to be superior to ...