title: Measurement strategies: the visual analogue scale.
abstract: Measuring psychosocial responses to health problems poses a unique challenge for the clinician searching for empirical indicators of these abstract constructs. Subjective phenomena such as pain, craving, or well-being vary in levels of intensity and are often difficult for the individual to describe in concrete terms. Visual analogue scales provide a valid and reliable solution to this challenging measurement problem.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mottola
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*