title: [Visual analogue scale for measuring post-operative pain].
abstract: All patients with pain who are admitted to hospitals in Denmark must be assessed for levels of pain. However, it is not certain how pain should be measured. One way to measure pain is to use a visual analogue scale (VAS). This article focuses on how the VAS should be used in clinical practice in the assessment of post-operative pain. Furthermore, other suitable methods are compared with VAS. VAS is particularly useful for clinical research, but for daily clinical practice it may be easier to use a numeric rating scale.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenheden, Kirurgisk Sektion, Herlev Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730 Herlev, Denmark. katja.halladin.rauh@regionh.dk
authors.forename: Katja Halladin
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Rauh
authors.forename: Rikke Søby
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000145:classification*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results