N.S.Bedekar wrote:
> This refers to message by Carol David
> VAS is basically deviced to gauge subjective feelings.
I would agree except the scale is attempting to objectify inherently subjective
information. To add more bias by allowing a patient to see the prievious score
makes the process less objective. I'd be interested to hear from some
researchers on this one.
> The assessor aims to
> compare the level of the feeling/pain in the past to that of now. It will
> be logical to show the previous scores on the VAS to enable him to compare
> the present status.
>
> Nilima
Douglas M. White, PT, OCS
Milton, MA USA
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